LaSalle Investment Management has managed to refinance a property in the French capital for its Growth Fund II.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The New York firm has raised an opportunity fund to acquire mortgage securities, structured products and other opportunities from the US mortgage market.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
Last week Los Angeles-based CBRE Investors held a $100 million close for its Asian fund of funds, the Asia Alpha Plus Fund. One investor swapped out of a commitment to an Asian country specific vehicle to join the fund. Here Jeremy Plummer, head of CBRE’s multi manager business, explains why.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The quoted opportunistic firm is planning to boost its equity by £219.5m via another share offer.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
As well as selling the management of its Asian Real Estate Opportunity Fund, the bank is also offering for sale the management of all the remaining assets in the region on its balance sheet.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The real estate investment arm of Prudential has formed a 10-year joint venture with the development company Corporación GEO targeting low-income housing.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
An exclusive gathering in California hosted by Stanford University sheds light on what pensions are seeking from infrastructure managers – and what the pensions might do if they don’t get what they want, writes Cezary Podkul.
3 min read · 21 January 2013
The founder of RLJ Companies, Robert Johnson, says the US bailout programme will help establish a market price for real estate-related securities – and potentially for banks’ other real estate assets. "It’s not a total panacea but it will help banks that are trying to find market pricing."
2 min read · 21 January 2013
ING has strengthened its position in South Korea after obtaining a licence to operate locally registered real estate funds in the country. The firm has also appointed its South Korea investment head, Mark Jun, to a role aimed at fund raising from local investors.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
No private equity white knight for heavily indebted Brixton as it falls into the arms of larger industrial UK REIT, Segro.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
