Kennedy Wilson’s acquisition of the Bank of Ireland’s property platform may have surprised some, but the firm just sees it as the next step in its evolution.
3 min read · 18 January 2013
Kennedy Wilson’s acquisition of the Bank of Ireland’s property platform may have surprised some, but the firm just sees it as the next step in its evolution.
3 min read · 30 January 2013
Armed with a 'premier list' of real estate fund managers, the private markets team of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, led by Steve LeBlanc, spoke about its vision for the portfolio and how it could be even tougher to get through its doors in the future.
10 min read · 18 January 2013
As California’s Fair Political Practices Commission investigates 49 CalPERS investment staff for gift reporting, CalSTRS officials, including Mike DiRe, have personally signed a letter saying they ‘stand by and support’ their counterparts.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli proposed legislation that would permanently ban the use of placement agents in New York’s $140bn pension fund.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
A poll of property brokers by Britain's RICS has concluded that the level of distressed property for sale listed on agents’ books in the first quarter of the year increased most in North America, Ireland, Spain and South Africa than in other markets.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
AXA Real Estate Investment Managers has been selected for the development of a 900,000 square foot office complex in Paris. Its investment in the scheme means all of the capital raised for its third European development fund is now committed to projects.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The Los Angeles-based investment firm has held an initial closing on $118 million in equity for its fourth fund.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The programme requires the US Securities and Exchange Commission to create an office that works with whistleblowers, who could set their sights on private equity firms.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
One of the largest loan workouts in Europe has come to an end with the final asset sale of a portfolio which defaulted in June 2009, according to an announcement by the loan’s special servicer, CB Richard Ellis. The sale brings the total amount recovered from the £1.45 billion loan to £1.1 billion.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
