Singapore’s Pacific Star need loose no kudos after reeling in two funds that didn’t attract commitments. It should be confident its meshed new effort will fare better.
3 min read · 30 January 2013
Timothy Recker has taken over the chairmanship of the Institutional Limited Partners Association from outgoing chair Joncarlo Mark of CalPERS.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Singapore-based Pacific Star, the largest private equity real estate firm in the country, has decided to mesh two fundraising efforts for vehicles with differing strategies into just one.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Swedish mid-market private equity house Litorina, led by managing partner Harold Kaiser, has smashed its SEK2bn target for Fund IV.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Stockholm-based private equity real estate firm Sveafastigheter has held a second closing on its third Nordic real estate fund. The firm, launched in 2003 is targeting between €300m and €400m in total commitments.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The New York-based value-add investment firm eyes the commercial real estate workout space as it partners with Green River Capital to form UrbanAmerica Res Services.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Silverpeak Real Estate Partners has been launched as the new independent investment advisory business to the former Lehman Brothers Real Estate Private Equity funds. Brett Bossung and Mark Newman, former co-heads of the Lehman Brothers platform speak to PERE about the past, present and future.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
A group of nine traders, led by Bob Howard, will join KKR in New York, setting the stage for the alternative investment giant to build a major hedge fund operation.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Gordon DuGan, former chief executive, plus three other former senior executives of the New York-based sale and leaseback specialist have formed Northcliffe Asset Management to pursue a similar strategy
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The pension fund has acquired a 45% stake in two Vornado office properties for $91m. The Canadian plan is increasingly targeting direct, core deals as it eyes major US cities.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
