The Ho Chi Minh City-based firm has entered the exit stage for its AiM-listed real estate fund, VinaCapital. Including the Hilton Hanoi Opera Hotel sale, the fund has exited 12 investments so far.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The Chinese sovereign wealth fund has held talks with BlackRock, Invesco and Lone Star as it looks to the US real estate market and distressed mortgage securities, according to the Wall Street Journal.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
A California political ethics commission is investigating CalPERS board member Charles Valdes, who received $38,600 in campaign donations linked to Alfred Villalobos' placement firm.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
LaSalle Investment Management and ING Real Estate Investment Management remain on a whittled-down shortlist to buy the management of the Wall Street Bank’s Asian Real Estate opportunity Fund and its other Asian real estate holdings.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Richard Valdes received $38,600 in campaign donations in 2005; much of them tied to placement agent Alfred Villalobos, who since 2006 has secured more than $4bn in CalPERS commitments.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The international private placement firm has joined the cacophony of calls from legitimate placement agents to alter a proposed rule providing a blanket ban on soliciting government entities.
3 min read · 21 January 2013
In the year to the end of June, Virginia Retirement System’s real estate portfolio returned -28.3% compared to a 19.8% benchmark. The pension has lost $12.2bn in value in 12 months.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The $200bn National Pension Service of Korea has mandated London-based Rockspring to buy London assets as part of a $3bn investment programme aimed the mature markets of London, New York and Sydney.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The firm, backed by KKR, Five Mile and Goldman Sachs, has already agreed to sell its US mortgage business to Berkshire Hathaway and Leucadia National.
3 min read · 21 January 2013
A European-listed fund managed by Denver-based ProLogis is altering its legal structure as a result of the credit crunch.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
