Michael Neal has joined Henderson from Goodman Property Investors to manage the firm’s retail warehouse fund. The fund, which started in 2001, owns assets worth more than £1.2bn.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The US private equity firm sees an opportunity in Japan amid moves by major banks to cut their exposure to property, according to a report.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The Hong Kong-based firm is midway through a fundraise for a strategy based on the growing wealth of the Pacific Rim.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Donald Trump’s son is reportedly targeting India’s growing middle class with ‘high-end, luxury’ developments. Trump Jr said Mumbai would be his first point of entry into the country. The fund, he said, would start off small but grow as the Trump Organization grew more familiar with India.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Los Angeles-based private equity firm builds on its knowledge of the renal healthcare system in the US acquiring long-term care company, Covenant Care. Covenant has 43 nursing homes and three residential care facilities in seven US states.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The consulting firm set up by the former New York mayor is branching out into real estate after launching an opportunity fund in partnership with Rockville, Maryland-based development company, Berman Enterprises. The fund, Berman Enterprises Opportunity Fund, is targeting between $500m and $750m in equity commitments.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The London and Chicago-based real estate investment firms say pressure is mounting on banks with unwanted loan positions as exit routes dry up. The mezzanine debt tranche acquired by the firms is backed mainly by hotels in Germany managed by Blackstone funds.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Richard Laing, chief executive of the UK government’s fund of funds investor in emerging markets, says the mission to reduce poverty is central to CDC’s investment thesis. Its latest commitments to Indian managers underline the strategy.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
The London-based private equity firms are believed to have paid up to £100m for a stake in the British women’s clothes and shoe store, L K Bennett. The store founder, Linda Bennett, will remain a “substantial shareholder”.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The driver of the Blackstone IPO has ended his tenure with Citi after 23 years, leaving behind $19.3m in deferred cash and stock compensation but bringing with him a golden Rolodex and deep knowledge and contacts within the private equity and real estate industries.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
