Some real estate investment firms are offering seeded funds to potential investors, giving them the chance to record an immediate increase in valuations. PERE March 2010 issue
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The postscript for the London-based private equity firm that bought UK estate agent Foxtons just before the UK property crash. PERE March 2010 issue
1 min read · 24 January 2013
EMI, the music company which has been a difficult investment for Guy Hands’ private equity firm Terra Firma, has decided against selling Abbey Road studios made famous by The Beatles. PERE March 2010 issue
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Rapper Jay-Z’s real estate experiment results in a lawsuit against the lender, Highland Capital. PERE March 2010 issue
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Citi Property Investors’ president Roger Orf is an investor in the UK’s Ambassador Theatre Group, which has produced such hits as West SideStory and the Rocky Horror Picture Show. PERE March 2010 issue
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, a driving force behind Europe’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers directive and the former prime minister of Denmark, rejects criticism the AIFM regulations were drawn up to quickly and questions why LPs invest in ‘risky’ alternative funds in the first place. Interviewed by Toby Mitchenall. PERE March 2010 issue
3 min read · 24 January 2013
Blackstone is plotting its entrance into the UK retail banking sector.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
An unsolicited bid to buy bankrupt REIT General Growth Properties for $10bn by rival mall operator Simon Properties could prompt a bidding war, possibly including Brookfield and Blackstone. PERE March 2010 issue
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Regularly reviewing fund investment strategies could keep GP-LP relationships out of counselling. PERE March 2010 issue
2 min read · 24 January 2013
PERE March issue 2010
2 min read · 24 January 2013
