Managers

With a 2005 bet on data centers, one Bethesda, Maryland-based private equity real estate firm turned a $100m foreclosure buy into an $800m sale.

M&G Real Estate’s Asia head of research, Jonathan Hsu, explains to PERE the two key hurdles to investing in China.

The strategy will focus on floating-rate loans provided across the eurozone.

For more than 20 years, Hudson Advisors has served exclusively as the asset manager and servicer for Lone Star Funds. Now, it wants to be an investment manager too.

Canada’s steady growth and lack of volatility make the country an attractive investment for local and foreign buyers – if they can overcome its barriers to entry.

The Toronto-based firm brought in Canadian, US and European institutional investors for the vehicle.

For years, GLP boss Ming Mei has kept a low profile, but with the company branching into new sectors in the wake of its privatization, he tells Jonathan Brasse why now is a good time to be more vocal

International investors increasingly like Central and Eastern European real estate, but funds raised for the region have failed to see the same uptick as investment volumes.

View (and download) our interactive presentation for a deeper cut into the PERE 50.

Blackstone may top the latest PERE 50 ranking, but it was neither the biggest net buyer nor net seller last year.