The global alternative asset manager’s $308m investment in Brazil is the latest in a host of private equity real estate investors looking to capitalize on the country’s growing property market.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The $16.1bn pension is also set to commit $75m to Falcon Investment Advisors, a middle market focused mezzanine firm.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Emerging markets accounted for a quarter of all property sales during the first half of 2008, compared to just 10 percent a year ago. More than 9,000 properties valued at $306bn were sold in the first six months of this year.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
The Kuwait-based firm has announced the closing of a $75 million fund, with 40 percent already committed to four deals in Dubai and Kuwait.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The asset management division of German commercial real estate investor Dawnay Day Sirius has been restructured. Geneva-based activist investor Principle Capital Holdings is buying troubled Dawnay Day's 48 percent stake.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The US investment bank continues to enhance its private equity activities in the region, closing on one-third of the capital it is raising for a pan-Asian infrastructure fund.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
An aging population and increasing demand for improved healthcare are putting focus on the growing life science-related real estate sector in the US, according to a report by CBRE. The San Francisco Bay Area, home to more than 800 biotech companies, is one of the largest markets.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Private equity real estate firms around the world are snatching up prime parcels as distressed homebuilders sell off valuable swathes of land to stay afloat.
2 min read · 31 January 2013
The Teachers’ Retirement System is reviewing its real estate allocations for the next five years as part of an annual review of commitments. The pension fund will also focus more effort on emerging managers.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The Los Angeles-based private equity real estate firm spent one month raising capital for its distressed credit fund, raising a total of $900m from existing investors. The fund is expected to invest in distressed property debt and operating companies with strong real estate components.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
