The Los Angeles-based real estate fund manager has appointed Justin Chang as principal to lead its push into private equity. Chang left TPG's Hong Kong office in 2008 after focusing on the firm’s technology practice.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The firm had offered $2.4bn, which included the assumption of debt, to acquire Ohio-based Cedar Fair. The deal did 'not have the required level of investor support', the company said.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
USAA Real Estate has teamed up with Crimson Real Estate Advisors to launch the Crimson Real Estate Fund, targeting opportunities in key growth markets across the US.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Norway’s $300 billion government pension fund, formerly known as the Petroleum Fund, is close to concluding the hunt for a real estate head. Fund refuses to say whether real estate project head Paul Golding is in the running.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The Dutch fund manager has transferred around 70 property fund interests of its main client into a new €4bn vehicle. It intends to sell small stakes in those interests to other pension fund clients. By Robin Marriott and Zoe Hughes.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The real estate arm of the Qatar sovereign fund has teamed up with Voyager Partners to become the largest shareholder in the hotel group taken private by Kingdom Holding Company and Colony Capital for $5.5bn in 2006.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
GE Capital Real Estate has appointed Francois Trausch as CEO, Asia Pacific. Trausch was previously head of GE Capital’s Western European real estate platform.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Hank Midgley will lead the firm’s investor relations and capital raising activities. He takes over from principal Kathryn Corro.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Raising a private equity fund in 2010 is not a task for the fainthearted – long gone are the days when GPs could easily double fund sizes and rely on re-ups. With colour-coded references to the Capital Pursuit! board game in April’s issue, PEI examines a selection of the complex issues one must navigate in today’s global fundraising market.
10 min read · 24 January 2013
Editor's Letter, PERE magazine April issue 2010
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