The Blackstone affiliate, Bayview Asset Management, has launched a $500m IPO for a debt vehicle targeting US real estate loans and securities. The Coral Gables, Florida firm will continue to target the “scratch and dent” market.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The British insurer is in the process of setting up a fund to acquire homes for rent. In May, the Homes and Communities Agency called for pension funds and other financial institutions to invest large-scale in the residential sector.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
Paris-based insurer Axa says its real estate investment management business has struck an agreement with Chinese insurer, Ping An, to co-invest in residential projects in the country. A China real estate fund is also on the way.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Real estate funds raised $29.7 billion in 2008, almost twice the capital raised in 2007.
3 min read · 21 January 2013
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2 min read · 21 January 2013
The Boston-based real estate firm expects to formally close the vehicle at the end of the year close to $250m, targeting office, medical office and light industrial in metropolitan areas in the East US.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The former Trammell Crow veteran will led day-to-day management of the private equity real estate group, reporting to CEO Vance Maddocks.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The Chicago-based private equity real estate firm has sold 82m shares in Parque Arauco for $65m. Equity International originally paid $50m almost two years ago for a roughly 13% stake in the shopping mall developer.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
Chinese government-backed private equity firm Fortman has reportedly appointed Arthur Zhu as its CEO. Zhu was earlier expected to set up his own private equity firm.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Sarasin & Partners, the London-based investment management firm, part of Switzerland’s Bank Sarasin, is to launch an open-ended fund aimed at investing in the shares of sustainable energy-minded property companies
1 min read · 21 January 2013
