Sex, communism and real estate 2008-10-01 Staff Writer <strong>Quotable</strong><br /> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>“What we have seen is a lull in the market, what you might call the calm before the storm. We are seeing prices c
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Aircraft carriers 2008-10-01 Staff Writer Is it possible to grow bored with a crisis even as it continues to unfold? If so, count me among the bored.<br /> <br /> Let me clarify—the effects of the subprime meltdown and resulting credit crunch on private equity real estate may ultimately be a gr
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The investment by India's largest infrastructure-focused private equity firm will help create a parts-manufacturer for the wind energy industry in India. The IDFC manages three private equity funds.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The landmark bid, whose deadline for acceptance was twice pushed back in hopes of getting Pennsylvania legislators to approve it, lapsed on Tuesday after Abertis decided not to extend it any further.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The first of its kind country-specific mezzanine infrastructure fund will target early stage development projects in Brazil. The fund is a joint venture between Darby and Stratus Group, a Brazilian private equity manager and advisor.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Dallas-based real estate firm has taken on Oliver Georg and Olaf Fortmann from HCI Capital to run the operation. Behringer and HCI formed a $1.3bn alliance to invest in European real estate in 2006.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The Philadelphia-based private equity real estate firm has picked up 650 multifamily apartment units in Connecticut. The deal follows on its acquisition earlier this year of 11 multifamily properties in the US.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Private fund tax experts were pleasantly surprised last month to see proposed legislation come out of the US Congress designed to encourage fund managers to stay onshore.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
The Tokyo-based real estate investment firm is reportedly raising a $1bn fund to take advantage of failing residential property companies. Secured Capital CIO John Paul Toppino says current conditions are similar to the financial crisis of the late 1990s.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The new commitments bring the publicly listed infrastructure fund’s total investments to £546m since inception. 3i Infrastructure has invested 80 percent of its £700m IPO proceeds to date.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
