The UK fund manager has announced a partnership with Saudi Arabian banking firm Watan Investments, which would see the duo raise funds in the Gulf region to target regional opportunities as well as investments in the UK and Europe.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Citing 'exceptional client demand' for its initial foray into infrastructure, the institutional asset manager may seek to raise a second fund in 2009.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is adjusting its investment strategies in private equity and real estate in response to the global financial crisis.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Amid $649m in third quarter write-downs for KPE, the private equity firm has said the restructuring of the Euronext-listed vehicle will come next year.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Towering equity 2008-11-01 Staff Writer When Colonel Robert McCormick announceWhen Colonel Robert McCormick announced in 1922 a competition to design the most “beautiful office building in the world,” in which to house the headquarters of the Tribune Company, architects from across the world scrambled to off
3 min read · 22 January 2013
The personality-driven construction sector in India has been undergoing a period of profound change. The net beneficiaries of this change may be foreign private equity real estate firms, who bring with them badly needed capital. But partnering with an Indian developer is not a straightforward affair. By Dave Keating
10 min read · 22 January 2013
As limited partners open up their real estate allocations to the emerging markets, developing countries in Asia are at the top of the list, with China and India of particular interest. By Eva Poon
9 min read · 22 January 2013
For the past 15 years, Pierre Vaquier has toiled for the property arm of French insurer and asset manager AXA. But it is only since 2007 that he has been in charge. PERE recently caught up with the chief executive of AXA Real Estate Investment Managers, with its €43 billion of assets, staff of 500 and dizzying array of property funds, to hear about how Vaquier plans to further grow an already sizeable organisation. By Robin Marriott
5 min read · 22 January 2013
Following an infusion from the German government and the departure of its CEO, many European and US property investors are worried that one of the last stalwarts of lending has been severely hobbled.
6 min read · 22 January 2013
Deals are off by up to 18 percent across the whole of Asia. Things are not expected to get any better in the immediate future.
4 min read · 22 January 2013
