Hong Kong-based real estate investor Asia Pacific Land is poised to make its private equity real estate fund debut following the appointment of former Warburg Pincus partner Philip Mintz earlier this year.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Lanhee Yung has joined the Greenwich, Connecticut-based firm to co-lead the firm’s global fundraising and investor relations activities.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Algemene Pensioen Groep, the Dutch pension fund with approximately €250 bn of equity under management, wants to benefit more from the region’s growth story, according to a report by Bloomberg.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Ohio Public Employees Retirement System is believed to have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the venture, which will target floating rate first mortgages in the US.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The opportunistic vehicle was targeting $300m of equity when it was launched in 2007. It will focus on equity and debt investments on the west coast of the US and in Hawaii.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
In only providing an emergency financial backstop for the housing market, the US government should bring in more private sector involvement with tougher underwriting, bigger down payments, greater disclosure and standardisation, according to a government-led debate on the issue.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
Tamasek Holdings-owned real estate firm Mapletree Investments is aiming to raise ¥30 billion for a Japanese investment fund aimed at sectors including offices and data facilities.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Momentum Real Estate Partners is eyeing a $75m final close in the next year for its debut vehicle. The firm was launched by GFG founders Mauricio and Eduardo Gruener and Jaime Garcia in 2009.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
On both sides of the Atlantic regulatory barriers are making fundraising for ‘foreign’ firms more difficult and expensive. GPs in emerging markets could be left out in the cold.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
A pending state bill that would force placement agents to register as lobbyists would create two sets of registration, reporting and compliance policies.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
