The chairman of Equity Group Investments, who coined the phrase 'stay alive til '95' during the RTC crisis, warns reports of a demise in US commercial real estate are 'greatly exaggerated'
1 min read · 24 January 2013
This week’s new rules issued by China’s insurance watchdog the China Insurance Regulatory Commission on the investments of the country's $670 billion insurance sector have been long anticipated. But while the 10 percent real estate allowance announced has largely been received positively, some corners are cautious.
3 min read · 30 January 2013
This week’s new rules issued by China’s insurance watchdog the China Insurance Regulatory Commission on the investments of the country's $670 billion insurance sector have been long anticipated. But while the 10 percent real estate allowance announced has largely been received positively, some corners are cautious. By Jonathan Brasse
3 min read · 24 January 2013
Enervest’s 12th fund will reportedly raise up to $1.5bn to invest in upstream oil and gas assets in North America.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
St Martins, the UK real estate investment arm of sovereign wealth fund, the Kuwait Investment Authority, is to switch its investment strategy to focus on trophy assets. In so doing, it plans to offload £900m of real estate currently on its books.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Former Carlyle partner Robert Grady is poised to be elected chair of the state’s investment council as the pension’s advisor Strategic Investment Solutions’ advice to hike alternatives up to 38 percent becomes draft regulation.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
UK-based fund manager sees the US apartment sector as the ‘best-positioned’ over the next five years and has launched an investment vehicle to capitalise.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Pershing Square and Winthrop will appeal a state Supreme Court ruling blocking their attempted foreclosure of the New York residential complex. Special servicer CWCapital sets auction date for 4 October.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
The US state’s $63bn pension, which has not made a commitment since 2008, currently has a 7% private equity target.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The Wall Street Bank has relocated senior real estate executives to new offices in Frankfurt and Paris in a bid to better manage existing assets and locate investment opportunities in the region.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
