Asia funds have already attracted more equity from investors so far this year than they did throughout 2012, according to PERE’s Research and Analytics division.
2 min read · 25 October 2013
The logistics-focused firm has closed its largest deal to date as a seed asset for its Japan logistics fund, and has deployed almost all the current committed capital of the $500 million fund.
2 min read · 25 October 2013
The investment manager’s property director David Wise said the incoming fund would target assets “often neglected by large property funds”.
2 min read · 25 October 2013
New research by the Pensions Institute at Cass Business School predicts how 10 percent of a £1.7 trillion defined contribution pension pot in the UK could find its way to real estate.
2 min read · 22 October 2013
As the New York-based alternatives investment firm continues to deploy capital from its second Asia fund, it is gearing up to launch a third regional fund by Q1 2014, for which it is expected to target more than $625 million.
2 min read · 22 October 2013
In just a little under a year, the Hong Kong-based private equity real estate firm has closed one of the largest private equity real estate funds raised for China since the onset of the global financial crisis.
2 min read · 22 October 2013
The Japan-focused private equity real estate fund has brought in $850 million for its most recent fund over rolling closes, and is expected to hold the final close within the month.
2 min read · 22 October 2013
The Dallas-based private equity firm is expected to hold a second and final close next week for its third commercial real estate vehicle, which was oversubscribed.
3 min read · 22 October 2013
The Blackstone Group’s president says accelerating disposition and investment activity is part of its “buy it, fix it, sell it” approach to its property business, not a timing of market cycles.
3 min read · 22 October 2013
AXA and Norges Bank’s new real estate debt platform is likely to see the sovereign fund finally exposed to opportunistic real estate – just not via equity.
3 min read · 22 October 2013
