Many large institutional investors will look to separate accounts, rather than commingled funds in 2010. That decision could not only be short-sighted, but also leave them tied to second-tier managers. By Zoe Hughes
3 min read · 21 January 2013
Thayer will buy $307m for Interstate Hotels & Resorts in a 50-50 partnership with Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels. IHR shareholders have yet to vote on the plans.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Industry participants are raising red flags over the pension giant's decision to sponsor legislation that would require placement agents to register as lobbyists and ban success fees.
3 min read · 21 January 2013
The firm has now raised a total of $350m so far from domestic investors for India Advantage Fund Series III.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
A proposed rule in California would turn placement agents into lobbyists. It’s yet another challenge to the definition of what a placement agent is.
3 min read · 21 January 2013
Limited partners urged to start serious discussions with GPs about portfolio and asset valuations, as institutional investors attempt to choose tomorrow’s winners.
3 min read · 21 January 2013
Scott Lawlor, founder of the troubled private equity real estate platform, will roll out a residential strategy ‘imminently’. But he insists to the New York Times Broadway’s problems were bad timing and the severity of the crash – not leverage.
3 min read · 21 January 2013
Mansco Perry, the chief investment officer of the Maryland State Retirement Agency, says the pension system views real estate as a long-term asset class, still wants real estate fund managers … but wants fees to come down. By Robin Marriott
3 min read · 21 January 2013
The West coast debt shop is set to acquire Lehman Brothers Real Estate Mezzanine Partners I and II following 'many months' of negotiations. PCCP will open an office in New York to help deal with the fund workouts.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
With losses of 30% in the third quarter alone, the Californian pension fund said it was terminating a number of managers which had failed to perform. CalPERS is though eyeing 2010 as an ‘excellent time’ to invest.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
