G2 Investment Group, founded by two former Guggenheim Partners executives and a prominent Latin American financier, is launching a new platform for real estate equity and debt investment, led by Kenneth Cohen, Larry Kravetz and Charles Manna.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
Tokyo-listed private equity real estate firm Secured Capital Japan closes on more than half of its capital raising target for its first distressed debt fund. The fund will run concurrently with SCJ's 4th opportunity fund.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Christopher Keber has been confirmed as director of global capital raising for the Greenwich, Connecticut-based firm. PERE first revealed Keber’s appointment in April.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The Hartford, Connecticut-based firm has raised a fund and separate account from a ‘handful’ of US pensions and sovereign wealth funds. The two vehicles will originate mortgages for cash-flowing US properties, backed by substantial cash equity.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The acquisition of the medical evaluation provider is The Riverside Company's second platform investment in Australia, where the firm opened an office in April.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The San-Francisco-based private equity real estate firm has appointed ex-Highland Realty Capital executive Adam Aasen and former Goldman Sachs manager Martin Walsh as director of investments and director of private capital, respectively.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The sale of ING Real Estate Investment Management is to commence in the next two to three weeks after Morgan Stanley was appointed to market the €64.4bn business. Private equity firms KKR and TPG are reportedly considering bids.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
LPs are expected to invest $8 billion of new capital to value-added and opportunistic funds in 2010. REITs believe some of that money should go to them. PERE magazine June 2010
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing has just closed its latest opportunity fund on $4.7bn. In closing the largest private equity real estate fund post-Lehman, MSREI is refocusing attention on its future, rather than the recent past. MSREI CEO Owen Thomas and CIO Jay Mantz talk about the challenges of the past 18 months – and how the New York-based platform is investing its capital once again.
10 min read · 24 January 2013
A pre-identified pipeline of assets has helped Harvest attract commitments to its development fund. PERE Magazine June 2010 issue
2 min read · 24 January 2013