Pacific Alliance Group is to purchase $46 million in convertible bonds from Secured Capital Japan, as well as forming a strategic alliance with the Tokyo-based investment manager to purchase assets and distressed debt in Japan and China.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The secondaries advisor and placement agent has been approaching large investors about a vehicle that allows clients to 'share' capital calls with cash-strapped LPs.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Allianz Real Estate, which has €10 billion to spend over the next five years, is close to filling a role in France as global chief executive of real estate Olivier Piani continues to organise the business.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
A recent poll of institutional and private investors has revealed that a number of participants are scaling back their private equity commitments and planning to stay out of the market for the near term.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
A recent poll of institutional and private investors has revealed that a number of participants are scaling back their commitments to alternatives and planning to stay out of the market for the near term.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
After substantial yield compression across Europe, real estate investors are told to track the “behaviour” and “direction” of the markets over the next 12 months before making investment decisions.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Natixis Capital Partners has closed its third fund on €420m for investment into corporate real estate in Benelux, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The French bank's real estate asset management group is taking advantage of a change in domestic laws allowing it to access a wider pool of capital, not just French retail investors.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The private equity firm, which took the real estate broker private in a 2007 deal valued at $8.5bn, has agreed to financially support the company to help it meet its debt obligations and avoid default for at least the next 12 months.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Past private equity successes ‘will be dwarfed’ by future returns, as the MENA region adjusts to the global financial crisis, according to Arif Naqvi. The Abraaj Capital chief executive warned, however, that among key risks facing the region today is the possibility of the price of oil shooting back up to over $100 a barrel.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
