The university is offloading investments including private equity and real estate to raise cash, according to the Wall Street Journal.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
According to reports in the local media, the Houston-based developer and fund manager is aiming to start investing through the vehicle in the next six to nine months.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The drastically altered real estate opportunity requires skill sets, including restructuring and asset management, that are not sufficiently in place at many fund managers, argued participants at a roundtable discussion organised by PERE magazine.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Jeff Giller is leaving the San Francisco-based secondaries firm after four years. Josh Cleveland and Brendan MacDonald have already left. The departure triggers a key man clause in Liquid’s $570m LRP Fund IV.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Under the terms of a proposal from House Representative Paul Kanjorski, funds deemed by the SEC to be ‘venture capital funds’ would be exempt from registering as investment advisers, but would still have to submit more detailed information to regulators.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The French energy giant said it is considering selling its UK electricity distribution business in order to reduce its debt level by €5bn. The grid serves the London, the South-East and East region of the UK, supplying around eight million households.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Lisette van Doorn is leaving the European real estate association to return to ING as country and fund manager for its Southern Europe retail fund.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Despite Prudential Real Estate Investors' global heft, chief executive officer Allen Smith believes the firm is as nimble, and flexible, as any boutique operation. By Zoe Hughes
10 min read · 21 January 2013
Elliott Broidy, head of Markstone Capital, was not found to be uncooperative and has been given more time to meet SEC requests for information and testimony.
3 min read · 21 January 2013
Adam Applegarth, who was chief executive of Northern Rock when it was saved by the UK government last year, is reportedly taking up an advisory role at Apollo Management.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
