Ping An Insurance has received regulatory approval to purchase TPG’s 17% stake in Shenzhen Development Bank. The acquisition will be paid in Ping An shares and looks set to make TPG at least an 8x return on its initial investment.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Responding to administrative burdens, the State of Wisconsin Investment Board is seeking a consultant to help the pension monitor its sprawling private equity portfolio.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The attorney general of California today filed a civil suit against placement agent Alfred Villalobos and a former CalPERS board member. In addition, the head of the pension’s giant alternative investment programme has been placed on administrative leave.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The attorney general of California today filed a civil suit against placement agent Alfred Villalobos and a former CalPERS board member. In addition, the head of the pension’s giant alternative investment programme has been placed on administrative leave.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Placement agent Alfred Villalobos is facing a civil suit, while the head of the pension’s alternatives programme has been placed on leave.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Earth Capital Partners has launched its Forestry Fund I targeting 12% IRRs through the acquisition of established plantations and agricultural land ripe for planting in Brazil and other Latin America countries.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The real estate placement group lost a raft of personnel last month but the group insists they will ‘surprise skeptics out there’, warning ‘we are in this for the long-term’.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The US office and retail REIT is raising a $1bn private equity real estate fund, with its ‘entire’ acquisition team focused on sourcing deals for the fund.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
LPs are demanding consultants and advisors provide extra due diligence when recommending real estate funds for investments – or face legal challenges if losses are incurred later. PERE magazine May issue 2010
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The vice president of Canadian pension Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System Philip Haggerty said there is a need for American institutions to make large real estate and infrastructure investments directly, and that Canada is ‘opening the door for partnership’.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
