KKR's new head of real estate Ralph Rosenberg and chief administration officer Todd Fisher talk PERE through the buyout titan's plans for the asset class.
10 min read · 18 January 2013
Nearly 64 percent of investors polled by South African bank and asset manager Investec believe banks have either already begun releasing their distressed assets back into the market or will start over the course of the year.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The Los Angeles-based firm is in final negotiations to take over the value-added CalSmart fund previously managed by RREEF after the partnership suffered heavy losses during the past three years.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Following the investment in Apax Partners in 2009, the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund has reportedly teamed up with Kuwait Investment Authority to buy a 4.5% stake in TPG Capital.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
In an exclusive interview with PERE, Ralph Rosenberg, managing director and head of real estate at buyout titan Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts, described the firm’s plans for sector growth. Key to KKR, will be the division’s integration with its other ‘industry verticals’.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The New York-based fund manager has hired ACF Capital and Wachovia executive Tony Fineman as EVP to target debt and equity acquisitions and Gramercy Capital’s Laura Godfrey as VP of investor relations.
1 min read · 18 January 2013
The current predicament of US property services firm Grubb & Ellis set against improving market conditions makes it an ideal investment for private equity.
3 min read · 18 January 2013
Security Properties seeks to raise $50 million for investments in the Western US.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The Chicago-based private equity real estate firm has opened the door to a series of Brazilian investments by participating in an initial R$192.5m investment into a shopping centre in Sao Paulo alongside Brazilian bank BTG Pactual and London-based Squarestone Brasil.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Tom Barrack’s firm is locked in exclusive 60-day talks with global property broker Grubb & Ellis over a tie-up, having already extended $18m of financing to the company.
2 min read · 18 January 2013