Private equity investments showed an increase in the first five months of 2008 even as the value of all other M&A deals fell significantly.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The London-based real estate investment firm has closed its latest Asia real estate fund, MGPA Asia III, on $3.9bn. Combined with the firm’s latest European vehicle, which also closed today on $1.3bn, MGPA has secured $5.2bn in capital commitments for its latest offering.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The investment bank’s private equity real estate arm makes its largest investment in India in a joint venture with development company Unitech to build one million square feet of office space. Unitech says it is the first of many.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The fund administration services firm is following real estate clients by opening an office in Tokyo, to be headed by Citco's former private equity and real estate executive in Luxembourg, Mark Beckett.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System is joining a growing number of public pensions which have increased their real estate and private equity targets in recent months.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The quoted infrastructure manager has raised £340m in equity and debt to fund its future infrastructure acquisitions, as it delivers ahead of initial return targets and looks to capitalize on market distress.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The UK high street is suffering from the fallout of the credit crunch with rents suffering their largest decline in real terms since the early 1990s, according to the latest report by real estate consultancy Colliers CRE.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Ruth Barone, senior vice president of US real estate investment bank, the Carlton Group, has formed Glenmere Capital Partners targeting New York properties.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The Swiss bank’s real estate business has appointed a head of acquisitions in the Benelux region, Ward van de Braak.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Formation is purchasing a portfolio of 27 assisted living facilities in the northeastern US on the heels of its $2bn acquisition last year of Genesis Healthcare with JER Partners.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
