Limited partner advisory boards are becoming a key focus of fund formation negotiations, but LPs need to be more assertive about the rights they already have. By Lisa Lacy, PERE magazine's Fund Administration supplement, September 2010 issue
6 min read · 24 January 2013
The China Investment Corporation launched a recruitment drive recently as it expands overseas, but only wants Chinese Communist Party members that are good at keeping secrets. PERE Magazine September 2010 issue
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Three property pros proved speed isn’t necessarily the best tactic for reaching the top – and is ill-advised on the way back down. PERE Magazine September 2010 issue
3 min read · 24 January 2013
Blackstone is piloting a new interactive LP portal that will allow investors to delve into the firm’s performance data across asset classes, geographies and sectors like never before. It will also allow LPs to import data from other GPs into the Blackstone system. PERE magazine Fund Administration supplement, September 2010
8 min read · 24 January 2013
A lack of industry reporting standards have resulted in LPs receiving a hugely divergent amount and type of information from each of their GPs. Is it time for some industry standards? PERE magazine's Fund Administration supplement September 2010
7 min read · 24 January 2013
GPs and private equity real estate fund administrators are under pressure from all sides with increased LP reporting requirements, greater regulation, higher taxes and even more complex deals. The challenges being faced today are part of the natural evolution of an institutional asset class. PERE magazine's Fund Administration supplement September 2010
10 min read · 24 January 2013
Placement agents that work with California’s public pension funds will be required to register as lobbyists, putting an end to fees based on the success of a fundraising. The bill was co-sponsored by CalPERS.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Firm strikes property deal with German retail chain Aldi and declares it plans another €200m of investment in the country by the end of the year
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Andrea Carpenter joins the Asian Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles for three months
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The real estate equity investment arm of the US insurance group plans to invest $400m in low income housing tax credits in the next 12 to 18 months, amid plans to increase its allocation to the asset class from $2 billion to between $4 billion and $5 billion over the next two to three years.
2 min read · 24 January 2013