The London-based retail fund manager aims to acquire up to five shopping centres in Egypt over the next five years through a new fund to be jointly managed with Cairo-based Palm Hills Development.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
As musician and campaigner Bob Geldof launches a $1bn private equity fund, his long-time ally in philanthropy, Bono, is learning that limited partners demand results.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
Simon Walker plans to leave the UK trade association next year.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Harvard University is reportedly in advanced talks to sell underlying investments in around six US-focused real estate funds to China sovereign wealth fund, China Investment Corporation.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Crispin Gandy, who was a partner and head of investment at London-based property company Exemplar Properties, has joined Johannesburg specialist bank and asset manager Investec to aid its real estate expansion in the UK.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Property owners in South Africa looking to score extra cash by renting their homes to visiting fans have lost out big time. PERE Magazine July/August 2010 issue
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Just as the eagerly anticipated World Cup in South Africa has been labelled something of an anticlimax, so has the eagerly anticipated wave of real estate debt supposedly emanating from the banks.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
Amanda Jean-Baptiste, a former principal at Lehman Brothers Real Estate Partners, has joined emerging markets specialist Actis in its London office as director of real estate.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The Stonehage Group, a London-based advisory business which invests on behalf of wealthy family offices, aims to grow its real estate portfolio to £2bn and has recruited Adam Kerr from Talisman Capital to help execute its strategy.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
A tax row involving UK mobile phone giant Vodafone and India’s revenue service might seem irrelevant to real estate funds operating in the country, but it actually has important implications
3 min read · 24 January 2013
