The French insurer reveals two-thirds of the €1.2bn raised so far this year has come from investors awarding separate mandates.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Warburg Pincus will partner with Lemon Tree Hotels to launch Oceanus Real Estate, a joint venture focusing on affordable housing projects in India.
1 min read · 18 January 2013
Looking to raise $750m from tens of thousands of retail investors, the publicly registered vehicle will invest primarily in open-ended, core and core-plus property fund managers. However, the model could be expanded to closed-ended, value-added and opportunistic GPs in the future.
3 min read · 18 January 2013
Asieh Mansour has been appointed head of Americas research at the brokerage and real estate services firm, departing the property investment arm of Deutsche Bank after 13 years.
1 min read · 18 January 2013
The listed firm has identified 1,200 potential LPs, which it will try to recruit into its funds. Blackstone has collected $15bn for its sixth private equity fund, and has just launched fundraising for its next real estate vehicle.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Jessica Hoffman Brennan will join former Credit Suisse private equity and real estate executives Michael Arpey and Alok Gaur on Carlyle’s investor relations team, which now has about 20 staff.
3 min read · 18 January 2013
The New York-based firm has made three hires for its investment team, one each for the Americas, Europe and Asia.
1 min read · 18 January 2013
PERE has learned that the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority has invested a majority of the equity behind AMB’s $588 million joint venture in China.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The Des Moines, Iowa-based fund manager has hired Douglas Harper as managing director in charge of its US fundraising operations.
1 min read · 18 January 2013
ARA Asset Management has launched the second in its pan-Asia ARA Dragon Fund series. The fund is expected to have similar investment targets as its predecessor but with a greater weighting towards China.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
