The UK fund manager has announced a partnership with Saudi Arabian banking firm Watan Investments, which would see the duo raise funds in the Gulf region to target regional opportunities as well as investments in the UK and Europe.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
A hospitality investment fund set up by three Arab Gulf banks plans to raise $300m by the first quarter of next year, according to reports. It has already signed agreements for six deals in the Middle East and India.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Citing 'exceptional client demand' for its initial foray into infrastructure, the institutional asset manager may seek to raise a second fund in 2009.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Mediterranean-focused private equity real estate firm is progressing investment in its flagship Venus Rock project by agreeing that Nikki Beach will operate part of it.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is adjusting its investment strategies in private equity and real estate in response to the global financial crisis.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Amid $649m in third quarter write-downs for KPE, the private equity firm has said the restructuring of the Euronext-listed vehicle will come next year.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Towering equity 2008-11-01 Staff Writer When Colonel Robert McCormick announceWhen Colonel Robert McCormick announced in 1922 a competition to design the most “beautiful office building in the world,” in which to house the headquarters of the Tribune Company, architects from across the world scrambled to off
3 min read · 22 January 2013
$57bn raised to date 2008-11-01 Staff Writer Global fundsBlackstone Real Estate Partners VIThe Blackstone GroupNew YorkGlobal diversifedFinalN/A$900Apr-08Equity International Fund IVEquity International PropertiesChicagoGlobal diversifedFinalN/A$500Feb-08Lehman Brothers Real Estate Partners IIILehman Brother
3 min read · 22 January 2013
The personality-driven construction sector in India has been undergoing a period of profound change. The net beneficiaries of this change may be foreign private equity real estate firms, who bring with them badly needed capital. But partnering with an Indian developer is not a straightforward affair. By Dave Keating
10 min read · 22 January 2013
Private equity real estate professionals rose above the gloom at two industry events last month. At PREA in Chicago and Expo Real in Munich, they argued 2009 would be full of opportunity.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
