The Dutch fund manager has transferred around 70 property fund interests of its main client into a new €4bn vehicle. It intends to sell small stakes in those interests to other pension fund clients. By Robin Marriott and Zoe Hughes.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The real estate arm of the Qatar sovereign fund has teamed up with Voyager Partners to become the largest shareholder in the hotel group taken private by Kingdom Holding Company and Colony Capital for $5.5bn in 2006.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The $47bn pension has transferred its 1.5% allocation for public real estate securities to private property investments to help cover $3.4bn of unfunded commitments.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The India-focused private equity and real estate firm's investment in Star Health and Allied Insurance is its maiden deal from India Advantage Fund Series 3.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Ireland’s “bad bank” started buying up troubled property loans from lenders this week, but opportunity funds shouldn’t expect a fire-sale anytime soon.
2 min read · 31 January 2013
Starwood Capital Group has closed on more than $1.8bn of capital commitments for its Global Opportunity Fund VIII and almost another $1bn for its Hospitality Fund II. Both funds are believed to have closed under target.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
GE Capital Real Estate has appointed Francois Trausch as CEO, Asia Pacific. Trausch was previously head of GE Capital’s Western European real estate platform.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
A note to all those seeking contact details for Chaucer Alternative Asset Management. Stop now. The firm does not exist.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Hank Midgley will lead the firm’s investor relations and capital raising activities. He takes over from principal Kathryn Corro.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
PCCP has raised $105m for its $125m follow-on offering to a Lehman Brothers’ mezzanine vehicle it acquired last December, while Fortress is targeting $325m for a follow-on to a 2007 Florida co-investment vehicle.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
