Investors’ top priority when committing to new funds is not track record, but hard to quantify management performance measurements such as succession planning and depth of talent bench, according to a private equity focused survey by Green Peak.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Former Divco West asset manager Melanie Gangel has joined the real estate investment advisor's San Francisco office to help bolster its West Coast portfolios.
1 min read · 18 January 2013
The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation has purchased an 80.1% position in an Australian logistics joint venture with ASX-listed Australand, the developer part-owned by Singapore’s CapitaLand.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The New York-based real estate fund manager has acquired a 4.5m square foot portfolio of warehouses from Pattillo for $170m.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The $113bn pension has issued a request for proposal for a firm to run a sale of private equity and possibly real estate fund interests on the secondaries market. Proposals are due 21 June.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The investment and asset management division of global insurance giant Aviva plans to attract UK pension funds to the vehicle which will be used to make investments in ‘principal and mature markets’ in Europe ex-UK, North America and Asia Pacific.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Graham Langlay-Smith, formerly of Credit Suisse’s private equity real estate business where he was responisble for European acquisitions and asset management, has joined London-based Wainbridge as chief financial officer.
1 min read · 18 January 2013
The New York private equity giant is looking to sell 29 office buildings throughout Canada with a value of $921 million.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Further news of consolidation within Europe’s property services sector emerged today as Jones Lang LaSalle said it had agreed a deal to buy rival King Sturge for £198m.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The real estate investment arm of the insurance giant has opened a second office in Brazil as it looks to the country's residential, industrial, retail and office markets.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
