Why three former Morgan Stanley professionals have got backing from a hedge fund.
4 min read · 30 January 2013
Sniper Capital, the Macau-focused fund management business, has launched its first private equity real estate fund as it aims to capitalise on a lack of non-gaming leisure real estate on the former Portuguese colony.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The private equity real estate division of investment bank Credit Suisse is in discussion with the management of its opportunity funds and its limited partners with a view to spinning out the business.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The US-headquartered gatekeeper and fund of funds manager is looking to source new managers in the Asia-Pacific region and expand its client base. It has based itself in Hong Kong.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Latin American and African funds have already exceeded 2009 fundraising totals.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Standard Life Investments, the UK-based asset management business of pension and insurance provider Standard Life, has purchased two office buildings in Brazil for a combined BRL110m on behalf of its Select Property Fund.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Mark Burton, the former real estate chief investment officer at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and the Abu Dhabi Investment Council (ADIC) has taken up an advisory role at the newly-established real estate advisory board at Norges Bank Investment Management, which manages the capital of Norway’s giant sovereign wealth fund.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The $11.4bn pension is to allocate $305m to real estate, infrastructure and commodoties although admits it has not committed to a real estate fund since early last year.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
New York private equity firm Apollo Global Management is to make Roger Orf head of its European real estate business and give the veteran dealmaker an expanded global role as it nears completion of its takeover of Citi Property Investors.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Harvard University is reportedly in advanced talks to sell underlying investments in around six US-focused real estate funds to China sovereign wealth fund, China Investment Corporation.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
