The Carlyle Group announced the firm hired an Ernst & Young veteran from the region to advise the firm’s investments within the country.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The Pacific Shores Center was the right building at the wrong time, but it was still able to go from dot-com bust to post-bubble boom.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Kuwait Finance Center has launched a new $200m fund focused on the Middle East and Northern Africa.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The quoted Vietnam-focused real estate company, which spun out of private equity firm VinaCapital, has raised double its initial target of $200m in its second round of fundraising.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The French quoted investment group with €6 billion under management has rationalised its business and sold its non-core interests in venture capital and real estate for $214 million to US insurer AIG.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Two US real estate investment firms have struck separate sale and leaseback deals with Kwik-Fit in Europe totaling €213m.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Charlie McCreevy, the European Union’s internal market commissioner, has leapt to the defence of the private equity and hedge fund industries, while criticising their public relations efforts.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Last night, the three-day extravaganza known as MIPIM, the world’s largest property conference, came to a close. But as approximately 25,000 real estate revelers leave the south of France, conference delegates of a different sort will soon be streaming in. In a few weeks time, Cannes will host not only the legendary film festival, but also the Hot D’Or, otherwise known as the European adult video awards. Coincidence? Perhaps not.
2 min read · 01 February 2013
The Blackstone Group is reportedly close to filing for an initial public offering of the firm just weeks after Steven Schwarzman dismissed the public markets as a source of capital for buyout fundraising.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Institutional Limited Partners Association has appointed Kathy Jeramaz-Larson to run its day-to-day operations.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
