Attend any private equity real estate conference of late and every delegate will tell you the industry is at an inflection point. The collapse of the credit markets has made most deals difficult to close. Investors are reassessing their portfolios. Many now predict a shakeout of managers as the proverbial chaff is separated from the wheat. And, most importantly perhaps, the geographic focus of many real estate investors, including those using private equity fund structures, is undergoing a fundamental shift.
2 min read · 31 January 2013
The threat that the hunter can become the hunted was flagged this week at the PERE Forum Europe 2008, where around 200 delegates descended on The Hotel Russell in London.
2 min read · 31 January 2013
Could the surplus of buyers making a mad dash to scoop up limited distressed opportunities actually emerge as a solution to the liquidity crisis?
2 min read · 31 January 2013
The market is filled with aspiring fund managers. But in the June issue of PERE magazine we profile 10 “emerging managers” that you can expect to grow by leaps and bounds going forward. These are the strong teams that will have to survive what many foresee is going to be an increasingly Darwinian fundraising environment.
2 min read · 31 January 2013
US firms with international operations are raising debt funds in Europe in the hopes there will be enough supply to satisfy them.
3 min read · 31 January 2013
PERE has ranked the 20 most influential limited partners in the business.
3 min read · 31 January 2013
When we decided to rank the 30 largest private equity real estate firms in the world, we knew it would be no mean feat. Well, we did it, and here they are: Introducing the PERE30.
2 min read · 31 January 2013
Few people would ever profess to be able to call the bottom of the market. However it appears a consensus is emerging among private equity real estate professionals over when the best opportunities are to be had: in the second half of 2008.
2 min read · 31 January 2013
European investors are still interested in emerging markets, even in times of uncertainty.
2 min read · 31 January 2013
Infrastructure, it seems, is having a party. In just seven days, the investment world has been filled with headlines of mega fund launches and deals.
2 min read · 31 January 2013
