Airport operator BAA has used an appeal tribunal to criticise the UK Competition Commission decision last year ordering it to offload three of its airports, including Gatwick and Stansted.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The Hospitality Development Fund hopes to raise $1bn to invest in development projects, hospitality and entertainment companies in Asia and the MENA region.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
Natalie Howard, who was responsible for the day-to-day management of Lehman Brothers’ property debt fund activities in Europe and Asia, has joined London-based Burfield Capital as a senior partner.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
Former Morgan Stanly equity co-head Ian Laming is confirmed as chief operating officer of the recently established real estate investment manager, Tristan Capital Partners.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
Opportunistic real estate funds have reported -50% returns in the past year. But do GP-submitted fund valuations face up to the full reality of collapsed property prices? By Zoe Hughes
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Ian Laming, a former co-head of equity and fixed income research, has reportedly joined Ric Lewis’ Tristan Capital Partners in London.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The $200bn pension’s senior portfolio manager for infrastructure has hired two additional portfolio managers under him, Christine Yokan and Todd Lapenna.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The body that drafted the Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers says it did so ’without much time to consult’. Meanwhile Richard Wilson, chairman of EVCA, is urging more LPs to voice their concerns over the proposed new rules.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The San Francisco-based private equity real estate firm has appointed ex-Metric Property Management executive Jeffrey Morris and James Roessler, formerly with Feher Young & Associates.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
Jacqueline Brady, Margaret Blakely, Brent Morris and five others have joined Urdang as part of the firm’s push into real estate debt. The team will help advise two multi-billion dollar Capmark funds.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
