While some investment managers continue to thrash out ideas to rework the traditional fund model, other folk at this week’s MIPIM paid more attention to fresh and innovative methods of matching capital with deals.
3 min read · 14 March 2014
Ellis Short, the former principal at Lone Star, has raised $1.5bn in just five months for his new firm’s European real estate debt investment fund and is thought to have another $1bn of capital commitments competing for the remaining $500 million of units.
2 min read · 14 March 2014
Graeme Torre, Asia-Pacific managing director at Invesco Real Estate, suggests that investors will drive demand for more core vehicles this year rather than traditional opportunistic funds.
1 min read · 12 March 2014
Where North American GPs can look for overseas investors
1 min read · 12 March 2014
The real estate multi-manager arm of the New York-based investment bank has made its first investment in Japan with another co-investment alongside logistics manager Redwood.
2 min read · 11 March 2014
Just two months after coming back to market with its largest fund yet, the Hong Kong-based fund manager has raised just under half its target.
2 min read · 12 March 2014
The London-headquartered asset manager also has hired Lynn Gilbert from Renshaw Bay to lead origination activity.
1 min read · 11 March 2014
The real estate investment firm has completed fundraising for its Colombia-focused institutional vehicle, more than two years after announcing its launch.
3 min read · 11 March 2014
The Singapore-based real estate firm has expanded its footprint in China with a partnership alongside the country’s largest insurance company.
2 min read · 10 March 2014
Upheaval in its senior ranks is unlikely to stop the California asset management giant's ongoing foray into private equity real estate.
2 min read · 07 March 2014