The Blackstone Group has expanded its presence in Asia with the launch of an office in Beijing, its fourth in the region.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Alternative asset classes were the $154bn New York State Common Retirement Fund’s top performers for fiscal 2007, with real estate returning almost 15 percent. State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has indicated legal limits on the pension’s alternative investments should be revisited.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The deal was made through private equity real estate firm Hampshire Partners’ $350m property fund, Hampshire Partners Fund VII.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The joint venture between an affiliate of Chicago-based Heitman and US self-storage REIT Sovran Self Storage has acquired a portfolio of 21 self-storage facilities located in markets throughout the US. The properties will be branded under Sovran's Uncle Bob's Self Storage brand.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The number of private equity investments in wind farms recently has been head-spinning. This blow-out deal activity has been generated by a perfect storm of global energy demand, government incentives and improving technology.
3 min read · 31 January 2013
Just months after its Euronext-traded Carlyle Capital fund folded, the private equity firm is shutting down an affiliated hedge fund. It backed away from its previous hedge fund strategy, a fund of hedge funds, in 2003.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The pan-European investor has acquired nine distribution and logistics properties for €25 million, reflecting the continued interest of private equity firms in the country's industrial sector.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The Danish private equity real estate firm has completed a sale and leaseback of three offices in Warsaw with France Telecom’s Polish subsidiary.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
In its foray into the sector the Bahrain-based investor is looking to take a slice of the $770bn US transport market with an investment in MRH Holdings.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Henderson Global Investors’ purchase of three retail properties in the UK represents one of the largest commercial property deals this year. The properties will be the basis of the firm's new UK Outlet Mall Fund.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
