The lender of first resort 2006-11-01 Staff Writer As the founding president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Jacques Attali became the “lender of first and only resort” for property investors in Eastern and Central Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Without his leadersh
1 min read · 23 January 2013
The gambler 2006-11-01 Staff Writer As the head of Colony Capital, Tom Barrack was at the forefront of investing in the sort of assets-cumoperating-companies that now permeate the private equity real estate industry: hotels, theme restaurants, pubs and, perhaps his firm's most well known investments, casinos
1 min read · 23 January 2013
The pioneer 2006-11-01 Staff Writer Ira Lubert, half of the Philadelphia private equity real estate firm Lubert-Adler Real Estate Funds, has described his partner, Dean Adler, as the real estate brains behind the operation. Another fund manager told <italic>PERE</italic> that Adler stood out as “
1 min read · 23 January 2013
Private Equity Real Estate selects the 30 people who have had the most influence in shaping the global private equity real estate industry—for better or for worse.
3 min read · 23 January 2013
Since 1998, CBRE Investors has revamped its private equity real estate business. Just as the company announced plans to reshuffle its executive suite, PERE sat down with the firm's leadership to discuss where the firm came from—and where it's going. By Aaron Lovell
9 min read · 23 January 2013
The India-focused fund has completed two projects in the last month, raising their total investment in property on the subcontinent to $1bn.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
China's property markets are luring investors from around the world, but corruption and kickbacks can make any real estate a tricky proposition. By Robin Marriott
5 min read · 23 January 2013
Global private equity firm Warburg Pincus has taken an 18 percent stake in Spanish real estate company Grupo Pinar.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
The Apax founder is set to launch a series of alternative asset vehicles, the first of which is likely to be a property-focused hedge fund.
5 min read · 23 January 2013
Reports of the new vehicle suggest the US investment bank may be increasingly eyeing the Asian markets.
4 min read · 23 January 2013
