Seven key takeaways from the PERE Forum Europe, convened in London this week.
3 min read · 31 January 2013
As some LPs question the traditional blind-pool structure, at least two real estate funds in the market are offering investors the ability to say ‘no’ to certain deals.
2 min read · 31 January 2013
As real estate investors go back to cash flow fundamentals, lenders are going one step further in underwriting loans by reviving the debt yield test.
2 min read · 31 January 2013
Carlyle has backed a new code that assumes placement agents are prone to ‘Boss Tweed’ inclinations.
2 min read · 31 January 2013
REITs have raised more than $10bn in fresh capital since the start of 2009. Why that’s good news for their private equity cousins.
2 min read · 31 January 2013
Blackstone and Morgan Stanley lead the latest PERE 30 ranking for the second year running. That may change in the future, though.
2 min read · 31 January 2013
April was a month of senior departures, many of whom built the platforms and raised the funds that PERE LPs find themselves committed to today. The issue has become an area of grave concern.
3 min read · 31 January 2013
Why it was right that the annual INREV conference in Athens today ended on a presentation about facing some uncomfortable choices.
3 min read · 31 January 2013
Retail REIT General Growth has collapsed, and private equity real estate is best positioned to pick up the pieces.
2 min read · 31 January 2013
Why the auction of Boston’s John Hancock Tower this week marks a very public end to Broadway Partners’ debt-driven strategy, and the beginning of a new era of bargains.
2 min read · 31 January 2013
