Christopher Keber has been confirmed as director of global capital raising for the Greenwich, Connecticut-based firm. PERE first revealed Keber’s appointment in April.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Bank-affiliated infrastructure platforms dominate The Infrastructure Investor 30, a new annual ranking of industry players. Together the 30 largest infrastructure investment groups have formed $140.5 billion of capital for the asset class over the past five years.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
LPs are expected to invest $8 billion of new capital to value-added and opportunistic funds in 2010. REITs believe some of that money should go to them. PERE magazine June 2010
2 min read · 24 January 2013
CalPERS’ well-liked private equity chief, Leon Shahinian, has been placed on administrative leave after allegedly failing to disclose gifts and travel from a placement agent. ‘We get these offers all the time’, says one fellow LP who described Shahinian as a ‘good man’.
4 min read · 24 January 2013
Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing has just closed its latest opportunity fund on $4.7bn. In closing the largest private equity real estate fund post-Lehman, MSREI is refocusing attention on its future, rather than the recent past. MSREI CEO Owen Thomas and CIO Jay Mantz talk about the challenges of the past 18 months – and how the New York-based platform is investing its capital once again.
10 min read · 24 January 2013
In an effort to curb the use of placement agents, the US' largest public pension has set up an automated PPM system that has been greeted with market scepticism.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
The US’ third largest public pension generated overall returns of 25.9% in the year to the end of March – however real estate was the only loss-maker, returning -27.8%.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The creation of consistent rules for a compelling, apples-to-apples ranking of the largest investors in the asset class caused us to reach further and dig deeper than any other ranking of infrastructure investors ever before.
5 min read · 24 January 2013
The New York-based private equity real estate firm is expected to continue investing in Japan and China from the capital raised for its fourth opportunity vehicle.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The Italian company, which is being primed for a takeover, is changing its name to Prelios.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
