GPs and private equity real estate fund administrators are under pressure from all sides with increased LP reporting requirements, greater regulation, higher taxes and even more complex deals. The challenges being faced today are part of the natural evolution of an institutional asset class. PERE magazine's Fund Administration supplement September 2010
10 min read · 24 January 2013
Placement agents that work with California’s public pension funds will be required to register as lobbyists, putting an end to fees based on the success of a fundraising. The bill was co-sponsored by CalPERS.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The real estate equity investment arm of the US insurance group plans to invest $400m in low income housing tax credits in the next 12 to 18 months, amid plans to increase its allocation to the asset class from $2 billion to between $4 billion and $5 billion over the next two to three years.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The UK opportunity fund manager sponsored by Schroder Property, has struck up a joint venture with the major pension fund and investor, British Airways, to buy an office investment in central London
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Michael Clarke, who was at Schroder Property for 18 years, has set up an advisory firm. Meanwhile, Jenny Buck, global head of Schroders’ property multi-manager business has also left the company
1 min read · 24 January 2013
KingSett and AIMCo, the consortium of Alberta pensions and endowments, acquire ING’s 50% stake in an industrial fund for $1.9bn – along with the fund’s management platform, ING Real Estate Canada.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The pension’s head of alternative investments, already on administrative leave, has resigned amid an ongoing placement agent investigation. CIO Joseph Dear will take over his role until a replacement is found.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The Hong Kong-based private equity real estate, founded by brothers Goodwin and Kenneth Gaw in 2005, says it will ‘steer clear’ of tier one cities in China and primarily target second and third tier cities instead.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
PREI was one of four real estate firms seeking to raise $1.3bn from Mexican pensions via the country’s stock exchange.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The Canadian pension and Australian sovereign wealth fund have injected A$375m each into recapitalising Colonial First State’s open unlisted retail vehicle, after original investors called it a day at the expiration of the fund.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
