A draft bill emanating from the Ministry of Justice could restrict the volume of investments in distressed debt, including real estate debt.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Fundraising by European-focused opportunity real estate vehicles has reached $5 billion this year with the closing of Apollo Real Estate Advisors' third dedicated Euro fund.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Pirelli RE of Italy revealed in its annual results that it is still discussing with German retail group Arcandor the purchase of a 49 percent stake in a retail property joint venture held with Goldman Sachs.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Sports Venture Partners, a private equity firm founded by ex-NFL player Jim Flanigan and former Redskins marketing director John Wagner has closed its first real estate-focused fund of funds.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The private equity real estate firm has picked up an upscale residential development adjacent to the city’s Central Perimeter business district.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The rise in land and food prices are causing some institutional investors to consider new or increased allocations to agricultural assets.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The $7.3 billion Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System is looking to significantly increase its exposure to real estate across the US and internationally.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The $121 billion CPPIB today argued before US lawmakers that it should not be lumped in with all sovereign wealth funds, as legislators in California attempt to bar the US’ largest pension groups from investing in private equity funds tied to sovereign wealth funds.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
The firm’s European fund has acquired a portfolio of office properties scattered across the country.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Greece’s Marfin Investment Group (MIG), which raised a jumbo €5.2 billion listed private equity fund last year, has taken a controlling equity interest in Croatian tourism and leisure group Sunce Koncern.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
