The issue of LPs failing to meet margin calls is yet another thing concerning GPs at the moment. However for some professionals, LP defaults are a boon.
2 min read · 31 January 2013
With leverage drying up and deal flow all but disappearing, it isn’t surprising that many alternative investment GPs have traded in their LBO hats for special situations, turnaround and distressed hats. For others, though, the refuge has come in the form of hard hats.
2 min read · 31 January 2013
The data won’t lie – there are far fewer deals being done around the world than this time a year ago.
2 min read · 31 January 2013
David Snow has some ideas for the US government, now the largest private equity firm in the world.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
At the Expo Real property show in Munich this week, it was the question on everybody’s mind.
2 min read · 31 January 2013
Many private equity real estate groups have money to spend, but no one wants to call the bottom of this crazy crazy market.
2 min read · 31 January 2013
Until recently, the talk surrounding emerging markets was all about growth. Now the story also includes distress.
2 min read · 31 January 2013
Remember that chaos breeds opportunity as well as loss. Few know this better than private equity real estate GPs.
2 min read · 31 January 2013
Lehman’s plan to unload up to $30 billion of its commercial real estate assets is a move the investment banking giant has been hard-pressed not to make.
2 min read · 31 January 2013
Business morale may have hit new lows in Germany, but there is a Korpsgeist (Def: esprit de corp) among private equity real estate fund managers who are turning their attention to the country’s burgeoning debt opportunities.
2 min read · 31 January 2013
