As the US insurance giant struggles to raise capital, the fate of the firm’s substantial private equity business remains uncertain. AIG Investments has not been placed for sale as part of its parent’s capital raising measures.
4 min read · 22 January 2013
The private equity firms are reportedly in talks with Daito Trust Construction to buy the apartment builder. Daito said it was considering its “capital” position but refused to speculate on the issue.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The financial-services private equity firm is working with China's sovereign wealth fund and the major US bank on a joint bid, according to according to a report from the Financial Times.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The private equity real estate fund managed by M3 Capital Partners will focus on development projects in the US state’s residential and commercial sectors.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
A joint venture between The Carlyle Group and GFI Capital Resources Group is looking to acquire distressed residential apartment buildings in the US.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The real estate investment management firm has appointed Jack Hsu as investor services director in Hong Kong in a bid to boost CBRE’s capital raising abilities in China, Singapore and Taiwan.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The Moscow-based asset management firm has agreed to sell its Russian mutual funds business to Deutsche Bank, saying the current market dislocation would help its private equity and real estate funds, which remain untouched by the deal.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The pan European fund manager has acquired 11 retail park properties in Germany for its €136.5m retail fund, GRP. The fund, which expects to be fully invested in early 2009, targets food anchored retail properties, including those leased by discount food store Aldi.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Two Carlyle real estate investment professionals have been made acquisition co-heads in France as the firm continues to invest its €2.2 billion European fund.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
UK fund manager Schroder Property has tapped Aberdeen Property Investors' Ubbe Strihagen in Sweden to oversee business development in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland. Strihagen will use his contacts with investors to push Schroder’s international funds as well as grow the firm’s business in the region.
1 min read · 22 January 2013