Private real estate fund managers are attracted by capital raising opportunities on the public markets. However in launching REITs, GPs may be opening themselves to lawsuits if things go wrong. PERE magazine October 2009
3 min read · 21 January 2013
The New York-based real estate investment firm pulls plans for a mortgage REIT after poor showing in the public markets.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
A newly established team including Doug Gardner, the former chairman and chief executive of UK property company Brixton, are planning to raise capital for an industrial property partnership buying assets in and around Greater London.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Donald Bethe has joined Kennedy Wilson’s capital markets team as senior managing director.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The sovereign wealth fund of Singapore looks to alternative assets, including real estate, private equity and infrastructure, to mitigate against further losses after its portfolio shrink by more than one fifth in the past year.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
John Ford will be assisting the public relations firm on an as-needed basis to support its international expansion.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
Around 116 opportunistic funds were seeking to raise $109bn in capital as of August, according to Clerestory Capital Partners. By Q2, 47 funds targeting $35.5bn failed to come to market or were put on hold, particularly emerging market strategies.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Brazilian pension funds are to be able to commit up to 20 percent of their capital to asset classes including real estate and infrastructure. The change in regulation is part of a wider strategy to reduce exposure to fixed-income assets.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
New York-based, environmentally friendly investment firm, Jonathan Rose Companies, seeks to invest in US cities it believes will best weather the current global economic storm.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The firm’s founder, Tom Barrack, has reportedly signalled his intention to take the firm public, using its REIT debut vehicle, Colony Financial, as a stepping stone.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
