Stalwart of Pramerica Real Estate Investors, Philip Barrett, has been elevated to a global chief investment risk officer role after having been in charge of investments in Europe and Asia.
2 min read · 11 December 2013
St Martins, a property investment and asset management arm of the State of Kuwait, is said to have acquired London Bridge Holdings’ More London office complex in a jumbo, single-asset deal.
2 min read · 10 December 2013
The $10bn Russian government-backed Russian Direct Investment Fund is setting up a real estate team in preparation for a $1bn joint venture real estate platform with a Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund.
2 min read · 10 December 2013
The new vehicle is the Boston-based private equity real estate firm’s first non-opportunistic US fund.
2 min read · 06 December 2013
Polls open today for the 2013 Global PERE Awards. Now is the time for you, our expert readers, to determine which firms and individuals stood out from the crowd this past year.
3 min read · 06 December 2013
The Northbrook, Illinois-based insurance company has selected Customized Fund Investment Group to oversee the new mandate to invest with smaller private equity and real estate managers, particularly those run by ethnic minorities or by women.
2 min read · 04 December 2013
The $54 billion pension plan has committed $100 million to the San Francisco-based real estate investment management firm’s fourth offering.
2 min read · 04 December 2013
In an extension of its partnership with Royal property company The Crown Estate, Norges Bank Investment Management has made a second, £97.5m investment in London’s world famous retail street.
1 min read · 03 December 2013
The Zug-based private fund manager has bought a majority stake in four Norwegian malls as part of a club investment.
2 min read · 03 December 2013
The $181 billion Canadian pension plan hopes to buy income-producing office properties in India’s metropolitan areas in partnership with local conglomerate Shapoorji Pallonji Group.
2 min read · 03 December 2013