The Chinese Sovereign Wealth fund has reportedly shortlisted nine fund managers taking part in the US Public-Private Investment Plan.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The New York- based private equity and real estate giant has brought in former Pequot Capital chief investment strategist Byron Wien, as it looks to macroeconomic analysis to work out how to spend its $29 billion equity pile.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Roughly 35% percent or more of capital raised by placement agents comes from US public pensions, according to a veteran fundraiser, and an SEC proposal to ban placement/pension interaction could threaten the third-party fundraising business model.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
San Francisco-based Probitas Partners has capitalised on the move by hiring two of Deloitte’s former team to bolster its European business.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The California pension giant will formalise the central role of fair value accounting in its real estate portfolio and will require external fund managers to comply with these standards.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Brookfield Asset Management, the Toronto-based real estate and infrastructure investment firm has formed a $4 billion investment consortium aimed at investing in underperforming real estate worldwide.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The private equity firms have invested a fresh $43m in Gilt Groupe, known for online ‘sample sales’ of high-end consumer items.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
Haruyasu Asakura has left the firm but Carlyle said it continues to focus on SMEs and real estate assets in Japan, despite recent media reports suggesting otherwise.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The Canadian pension CPPIB has teamed up with GIC Real Estate and a local property company to target Brazilian real estate.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Amid a firm shake- up, a market-wide fundraising slowdown, and a potential ban by the SEC on certain US placement activities, CP Eaton has seen two professionals depart the firm in the span of two weeks.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
