The senior portfolio manager for CalPERS’ alternative investments programme will stay on until 31 March.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
ING has announced the sale of three REIM businesses to CB Richard Ellis and confirmed the management-led buyout of Clarion Partners.
3 min read · 18 January 2013
The $71bn pension system says cuts in fees it pays to investment managers will save it at least $40m over the next five years.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Over the past 10 years, value-added and opportunistic private real estate funds achieved 8.7% unlevered returns net of fees, according to a new index of more than 270 private funds unveiled by Partners Group and Thomson Reuters.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The New York development company is raising a distressed opportunity fund to target loans and assets across all real estate sectors in the US. The firm has closed on $250m of commitments to date.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Two years after being appointed to grow Pacific Star’s presence in China, Wilfred Wong has agreed a deal with the Singapore fund manager to spin its Hong Kong division out and set up his own platform. Wong’s new business is named Pinnacle State Group.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The $228.3bn public pension will target private core real estate through separate accounts focused on the US, as it warns commingled funds will be the investment vehicle of last resort.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The US organisation for REITs studies two decades of performance data and concludes that a mix of those proportions is best because the return cycles for REITs and direct real estate investment are different.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The Bethesda, Maryland firm, co-founded by Robert Johnson (pic) and Thomas Baltimore, is talking to LPs about consolidating its Urban Lodging Fund II and Fund III for a possible IPO as a public REIT.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The Armonk, New York-based fund manager is eyeing a $350m final close for its second vehicle, which primarily targets US student housing.
1 min read · 18 January 2013
