Barack Obama wants to clamp down on bank-sponsored private equity funds. It could mark the end for such vehicles in the US. By Zoe Hughes
3 min read · 24 January 2013
Barack Obama wants to clamp down on bank-sponsored private equity funds. It could mark the end for such vehicles in the US.
3 min read · 31 January 2013
Some professionals are still in the dark about the ILPA principles. If they plan to win the hearts and minds of LPs, they better find their reading lights – and fast.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
Simon Marriott, MGPA’s head of UK acquisitions jumps ship to join Oxford Properties, the real estate arm of the Canadian pension fund Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The real estate investment manager, 60% owned by property services firm Savills, is to target prime assets with secure income streams across the UK.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The Lone Star Real Estate Fund is acquiring Lodgian, which operates 34 assets, for $270 million including debt Lone Star Funds is making an investment in the US hotel sector via its Lone Star Real Estate Fund.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The firm run by the former vice chairman of Morgan Stanley has agreed a joint-venture with Infinity Capital Partners of Atlanta, Georgia to invest up to $100m in the transportation sector. Assets from railcars and vessels to commercial real estate and credit card receivables will fall under the joint venture’s investment strategy.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The White House hopes to ‘put an end to the risky practices that contributed significantly to the financial crisis’ by forbidding commercial banks from owning private equity or hedge funds.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
According to the latest research by property services firm DTZ, the West End in London has taken back the mantle of being the most expensive office location from Tokyo. Meanwhile Singapore is singled out as an example of an occupational market to have suffered significantly.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Convergence takes place among placement agents as a US firm forms a strategic alliance with a European firm, giving access to a wider investor base and a combined house with 60 staff
2 min read · 24 January 2013
