In 1999, Ric Lewis established Curzon Global Partners as a boutique European fund for AEW. Now, eight years and €15 billion later, he talks here about the firm's rapid ascension, why he set out to “wreck” European investors, and how a hole-in-one nearly cost him a car. By Robin Marriott
10 min read · 22 January 2013
Apollo and BC Partners have spent more than €2 billion between them on acquiring residential property agents despite fears that the market will cool.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Pierre Vaquier, a 14-year veteran of insurance giant AXA, has taken the helm of its institutional real estate firm, AXA REIM, and is set to announce a major strategy overhaul later this month.
6 min read · 22 January 2013
The US alternative asset investor has raised $305 million for its second private equity real estate vehicle focused on the European property markets.
4 min read · 22 January 2013
In April, delegates at the annual INREV conference heard how real estate could converge with a new energy vision in Europe. Are you ready for a revolution? By Robin Marriott
3 min read · 22 January 2013
Private equity real estate secondaries firm Liquid Realty Partners has invested $286 million to acquire an interest in a US hotel portfolio.
4 min read · 22 January 2013
Oaktree Capital has hired Colony Capital veteran John Brady to lead the firm's real estate group, expand its global presence and leverage its alternative asset platform.
4 min read · 22 January 2013
Equastone, a private equity real estate firm focused on commercial properties in “lagging markets,” has closed its second opportunity fund on $173 million.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
At a recent private equity conference on emerging markets, both the perils and potential of investing in the developed world were brought into clear focus. By Paul Fruchbom
5 min read · 22 January 2013
Real estate cowboy 2007-06-01 Staff Writer US football star Michael Irvin is known for a lot of things. For one, he spent more than a decade playing for the Dallas Cowboys, where the wide receiver played a critical role in the team's three Super Bowl victories in the 1990s. Playing alongside fellow Cowboys T
3 min read · 22 January 2013
