The Stockholm-based fund manager has become the latest to announce a Russia-focused vehicle aiming to exploit refurbishment and value added opportunities, as well as forward funding deals and joint ventures with developers.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Having recently reported an increase in value and growth in the region, the firm’s private equity real estate arm will launch an East Africa-dedicated fund, its fifth fund in the last two and a half years.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Boston-based real estate investment firm Beacon Capital Partners has closed its fifth fund to target strategic markets in the US and Europe.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
In another sign of increasing interest in Japan, the Los Angeles-based firm has hired corporate finance and real estate pro Takahide Akiyama to lead its Japanese operations.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Mumbai-based publicly listed private equity arm of Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services has partnered with Milestone Capital Partners for a real estate fund, as it plans to launch a larger $1bn fund in October.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
Apollo Real Estate Advisors has hired Hollywood property pro Frank Buckley as the firm looks to bolster its operations on the West Coast.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Ethos Private Equity, one of South Africa’s largest domestic buyout firms, and Goldman Sachs are heading a consortium to buy local casino Gold Reef Resorts, in the US investment bank’s first deal in the country.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The industrial property investor hopes to bring its total Japanese investment to $7.9bn by the end of 2009, its Japan chief says.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The French hypermarket group appears to have capitulated to demands by shareholder Colony Capital to release value from its vast property estate by spinning off pan-European vehicle, Carrefour Property, in 2008.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Dubai-based buyout firm Abraaj Capital will hold the second close of its infrastructure and growth capital fund in September, and is on course for a final close on $2 billion by the end of the year.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
