The private equity real estate arm of Leon Black’s buyout shop has garnered $107m for its securitised debt vehicle, on top of $317m for its mortgage REIT.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Bill Thompson, Walter Stackler, Pamela Wright and Fredrik Elwing have all left to join the New York-based bank. Greenhill said its expansion into the real estate capital raising business was a ‘natural step’.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The Phoenix Global Real Estate Secondaries fund will target fund interests in global property vehicles with $400m to $800m of commitments.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The London-based real estate manager has reportedly held a first close on its second vehicle.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
British life companies and pension funds will increasingly eye direct real estate investments inside the UK, but when it comes to overseas investments non-listed property funds will be key.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The pension is also planning on making $400m of direct investments in infrastructure in 2010 as it further builds up a team to make such investments, according to a presentation prepared for the investment committee of the $205.8bn pension.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Roughly $17bn of opportunistic real estate funds held final closes by the end of 2009, but only after ‘exhaustive’ marketing periods, according to Clerestory Capital.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Thomas Dowd, Peter Donnelly, Olan Cremin and Mark O' Donnell will continue to lead Avestus Capital Partners as it targets new funds.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
A firm started by a former GMAC managing director said it had won commitments from a Denver money manager, a New York and Los Angeles-based private equity firm and a subsidiary of a Bermuda reinsurance company.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
David Loglisci, one of the central figures in a wide-ranging pension pay-to-play scandal, said he was instructed by 'senior officials' to only approve investment managers given the okay by political operative Hank Morris.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
