Georg Allendorf is to become head of the alternative investments group in Germany following the appointment of its former boss, Holger Naumann, to a role in Deutsche Bank’s DWS group.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
Hot on the heels of proposing Italy’s largest LBO this year, Investindustrial will take a 50% stake in Barcelona’s PortaAventura theme park.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The special purpose acquisition vehicle set up by NRDC in 2007 is urging stockholders to allow it to continue operations as a REIT after failing to find a target business. The SPAC, which raised $414m in its 2007 IPO, will legally have to liquidate in October if shareholders say no.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The European trade body is the latest to stress placement agents ‘play a crucial role’ in the private investment fund industries.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Private equity real estate funds need to start aggregating capital if they want to take part in the buying opportunity of a lifetime, according to Aviva Investors’ Ed Casal.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The UK private equity real estate arm of US financial services group Prudential has taken on a team from UBS in Europe.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The London-based private equity firm is to join forces with ING REIM for what it termed as the best buying opportunity for two years.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The Ho Chi Minh City-based firm has entered the exit stage for its AiM-listed real estate fund, VinaCapital. Including the Hilton Hanoi Opera Hotel sale, the fund has exited 12 investments so far.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The Chinese sovereign wealth fund has held talks with BlackRock, Invesco and Lone Star as it looks to the US real estate market and distressed mortgage securities, according to the Wall Street Journal.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The international private placement firm has joined the cacophony of calls from legitimate placement agents to alter a proposed rule providing a blanket ban on soliciting government entities.
3 min read · 21 January 2013
