Following the Japanese mobile phone company's bankruptcy filing, which lost The Carlyle Group $330 million in equity, the Japanese firm will partner with Softbank to acquire the company’s XGP mobile network service business.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
A firm started by a former GMAC managing director said it had won commitments from a Denver money manager, a New York and Los Angeles-based private equity firm and a subsidiary of a Bermuda reinsurance company.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Warburg Pincus is busy re-establishing a Latin American office in Sao Paulo.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Steven Hankin, ex-Sentient Jet chief executive and a former Starwood Hotels exec, has joined the Greenwich, Connecticut-based firm as managing director to oversee Starwood’s corporate portfolio.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Hong Kong-based Gaw Capital Partners has raised approximately $200m for Gateway China Real Estate Fund III – its third vehicle. The fund has an overall equity target of $500m.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The Los Angeles-based firm is tapping into an increasingly popular style of pension fund to launch a direct real estate investing vehicle
3 min read · 24 January 2013
Landmark’s Fund XIV reached its goal of $1.5bn, but has not yet officially closed. The target was lowered from the fund’s initial offering of $2.4bn.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Blackstone Real Estate Special Situation Fund II is targeting non-controlling debt and equity investments globally, raising roughly $750m to date.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The firm's European head will replace Rajesh Khanna, who has resigned to establish an Indian investment business.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The Dallas-based fund plans to invest capital on behalf of UK and European investors to invest in “mid-sized” properties in the US.
1 min read · 24 January 2013