Keith Breslauer, founder of London-based Patron Capital, which raised the largest private equity real estate fund in Europe in 2012, explains the company’s ethos and formula for success.
3 min read · 27 August 2013
The asset management arm of UK insurer Aviva says it has seen an uptick in interest in Asia-Pacific real estate from European and US investors.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The $12.4 billion pension plan is looking to reach its 12 percent real estate target and is targeting non-core fund investments to get there.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The latest annual report from the UK charitable trust says the last time it made an allocation to a property fund managed by a third party was in 2008.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The A$80 billion Australian state fund will invest in the Boston-based real estate manager for the first time through a large single-investor vehicle and a commitment to the firm’s latest multifamily fund, which is slated for a first close by the end of the year.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The San Francisco-based logistics giant has partnered with Norway’s sovereign wealth fund to jointly own a portfolio of industrial assets in Europe. The deal allows Prologis to recapitalise the bulk of its European assets, primarily the former ProLogis European Properties fund, and represents Norway’s first investment in the industrial space.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The Menlo Park, California-based private equity firm has made its second investment on behalf of a technology property-focused separate account with CalPERS and its first investment on behalf of a similar partnership with CalSTRS.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
The US investment and asset management firm will add 64 investors to the BlackRock UK Property Fund by merging it with the RREEF UK Retail, Office and Industrial Property Funds.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The firm originally launched as the Nordic investment partner to global heavyweights The Blackstone Group and ING Real Estate Investment Management, has held a second close for its AREIM Fund II thanks to a €75m commitment from German insurance giant Allianz.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The $19.3 billion pension plan projects that its portfolio in the asset class will more than triple in value by the end of 2013.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
