G2 Investment Group, founded by two former Guggenheim Partners executives and a prominent Latin American financier, is launching a new platform for real estate equity and debt investment, led by Kenneth Cohen, Larry Kravetz and Charles Manna.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
Tokyo-listed private equity real estate firm Secured Capital Japan closes on more than half of its capital raising target for its first distressed debt fund. The fund will run concurrently with SCJ's 4th opportunity fund.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund, which is a government agency designed to act as a buffer against temporary fluctuations in pension system contributions and disbursements, is buying Dombron from Sweden's largest property company Vasakronan
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Christopher Keber has been confirmed as director of global capital raising for the Greenwich, Connecticut-based firm. PERE first revealed Keber’s appointment in April.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The Hartford, Connecticut-based firm has raised a fund and separate account from a ‘handful’ of US pensions and sovereign wealth funds. The two vehicles will originate mortgages for cash-flowing US properties, backed by substantial cash equity.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The acquisition of the medical evaluation provider is The Riverside Company's second platform investment in Australia, where the firm opened an office in April.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Australian mid-market firm Archer Capital is seeking to acquire all of Boom Logistics' shares in association with Queensland-based transport group McAleese.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The San-Francisco-based private equity real estate firm has appointed ex-Highland Realty Capital executive Adam Aasen and former Goldman Sachs manager Martin Walsh as director of investments and director of private capital, respectively.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The sale of ING Real Estate Investment Management is to commence in the next two to three weeks after Morgan Stanley was appointed to market the €64.4bn business. Private equity firms KKR and TPG are reportedly considering bids.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
A tax row involving UK mobile phone giant Vodafone and India’s revenue service might seem irrelevant to real estate funds operating in the country, but it actually has important implications
3 min read · 24 January 2013