The principal investment division of UK insurer Legal & General has acquired a developments site in London for £25m in what is expected to be the first of many private rented residential deals it undertakes.
2 min read · 26 February 2015
The Employees Provident Fund of Malaysia has started with a $116 million investment in a portfolio of logistics assets in Japan, with plans of upping its investments.
2 min read · 25 February 2015
Former AXA Real Estate Investment Manager and GE Capital’s senior executive Hidetoshi Ono will now lead the insurance firm’s real estate department in Japan.
2 min read · 23 February 2015
Local growth market managers selling assets to the global private equity groups can produce winners on both sides of the trade
3 min read · 20 February 2015
Half of 169 global institutional investors have said they will increase their commitments to real estate, according to a survey from the world’s largest asset manager.
2 min read · 19 February 2015
The London-based private equity firm plans to deploy £100m of equity on office buildings in regional cities across the UK.
1 min read · 16 February 2015
The San Francisco-based investment management and capital advisory firm has acquired a minority stake in a new Finnish real estate manager and is partnering with the firm on its debut investment.
2 min read · 16 February 2015
Protestors accuse firm of ‘harassing tenants’, though Blackstone denies the claim
2 min read · 12 February 2015
Mori Trust has sold the Meguro Gajoen complex in Tokyo to a joint venture led by LaSalle Investment Management within just six months of acquiring the asset from Lone Star Funds.
2 min read · 10 February 2015
Statements about the relative appeal of private equity-backed IPOs are often too sweeping
3 min read · 06 February 2015
