The private equity firms are reportedly in discussions to buy Lehman’s investment management unit, which includes its $30bn private equity portfolio. The price of the investment management arm, around $5bn last week, may come down after Lehman’s bankruptcy filing yesterday.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Richard Klapow has left Macquarie Capital’s advisory arm in New York to join Alinda Capital Partners as a managing director, marking the third recent senior executive departure at Macquarie.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The US alternative asset manager, which has been active in Spain recently, has agreed a joint venture to develop a retail warehouse in Malaga, southern Spain.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Global investment bank Houlihan Lokey has added four former JP Morgan real estate investment banking professionals to its business in a bid to expand the firm’s real estate practice. The JP Morgan team helped orchestrate the sale of 650 Madison Avenue to Carlyle and Ashkenazy.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The troubled Australian mall owner has confirmed a $714m agreement to sell 29 of its 30 assets to a private real estate investor has collapsed. The company says the investor ‘elected to terminate the agreement’ but insisted talks were continuing.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
As part of a frantic weekend on Wall Street, Bank of America has agreed to acquire Merrill Lynch, including its investment management business. A spokesman said it was ‘too early’ to tell whether the deal would include Merrill’s private equity portfolio, or whether it would spin out as an independent firm.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
The US-based infrastructure fund has also completed its first deal, with the purchase of a $363m stake in Florida-based Global Tower Partners from another Macquarie-managed infrastructure fund.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Wolfhard Leichnitz is to leave the Bonn-based property company and fund manager at the end of the month. The news follows a fall in profits, share price and a cool reception to a decision not to sell its underground oil and gas storage company.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Lehman Brothers has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after failing to find a buyer over the weekend. The failed bank says it is in advanced discussions with a 'number' of potential buyers for its investment management unit, which includes Lehman Brothers Real Estate.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Boston-based firm has paid $52m for 13 industrial properties in the Golden State. The deal follows on its $118m multifamily deal in Orlando, Florida.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
