The private equity real estate firm has bought a second package of commercial real estate loans from Deutsche Bank covering the multifamily, retail and office sectors in Germany.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Winnington Capital’s $1bn China-specific private equity property fund has acquired a stake in a real estate investment company focused on property development in the city of Chongqing. The investment was made through its Trophy Property Fund.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The industrial property investor’s latest deal was made through its ProLogis European Properties Fund II, launched in 2007.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The Ukrainian private equity firm will invest $15m in Fresh, a growing supermarket chain, from its $132m Emerging Europe growth fund. Its second Emerging Europe growth capital fund is targeting $300m.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Private equity real estate GPs are ‘reluctantly’ beginning to change the terms of their funds as the capital fundraising market swings increasingly in favor of LPs, according to institutional investors at the PREA conference.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
As private equity real estate fund managers and institutional investors meet in Chicago for the fall Pension Real Estate Association conference, many say waiting is the best strategy.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Dominique Senequier, speaking at a recent press lunch, listed ageing infrastructure, regulation and new services among the drivers of growing infrastructure investment needs in OECD countries. Developing Asian economies also face steep financing challenges but offer more attractive returns.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Canton Property Investment has revealed its founder and executive chairman Keng Wong is ‘uncontactable’ as it also admitted to funding problems. Shares in the company, which is developing real estate projects in a southern part of China, have been suspended.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
In the same week as it agreed to buy a 21 percent stake in Morgan Stanley for $9bn, Mitsubishi has struck a deal to buy a minority stake in Aberdeen. It gives the Japanese bank exclusive rights to market Aberdeen’s products in Japan, while providing Aberdeen with a fresh well of equity in the world’s second largest pension market.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
Canada’s retirement system is fuelling property investment abroad despite the credit crunch, with lowly-geared pension funds looking to pick up bargains in Europe, according to a report.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
