The UK’s PPF has sketched out a 20% allocation to alternatives, which will see the £3.9bn fund invest in private equity and infrastructure funds for the first time. It will retain exposure to real estate.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The private equity firm has failed on two previous attempts to sell its controversial 51% holding in the Korean bank.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
ILPA and the US Treasury are the latest to speak out on the adverse effects proposed legislation would have on Europe's private equity market.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Both the US Treasury and the Institutional Limited Partners Association have written to key Euro officials about their 'real concerns' of the impacts of proposed EU regulations on US and European fund managers.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Below is the full text of the Institutional Limited Partners Association's letter to EU internal market commissioner Michel Barnier.
7 min read · 24 January 2013
David Loglisci, one of the central figures in a wide-ranging pension pay-to-play scandal, said he was instructed by 'senior officials' to only approve investment managers given the okay by political operative Hank Morris.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
Hong Kong-based Gaw Capital Partners has raised approximately $200m for Gateway China Real Estate Fund III – its third vehicle. The fund has an overall equity target of $500m.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The Los Angeles-based firm is tapping into an increasingly popular style of pension fund to launch a direct real estate investing vehicle
3 min read · 24 January 2013
John Klopp, head of the bank’s Americas real estate investing and global debt investing operations, expects the firm to target FDIC loan portfolios as it looks to debt opportunities for future investments.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Landmark’s Fund XIV reached its goal of $1.5bn, but has not yet officially closed. The target was lowered from the fund’s initial offering of $2.4bn.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
