The Johannesburg-based private equity real estate firm has added sub-Saharan countries Botswana, Ghana, Mauritius, Namibia and Zambia to its target list of countries for its second fund.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The real estate entrepreneur and author died earlier this month while on safari in Africa with her husband.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Improving investor sentiment for Sub-Saharan Africa is evident as the London-based, pan-emerging markets private equity firm smashes through its original $250m fundraising target to haul $278m.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Sub-Saharan Africa’s real estate markets have attracted $500 million of investment capital from international institutions, thanks to the efforts of two firms. PERE Magazine September 2012 issue.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
A joint venture between Johannesburg-based Rand Merchant Bank and Westport Property Group has enjoyed capital raising success for its first real estate opportunity fund.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The former chief US housing strategist at Morgan Stanley has co-founded an asset management firm to invest more than $1 billion in distressed single-family rental homes in the US over the next two years.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
The New Delhi-based private equity real estate firm is reportedly eying a third Indian real estate opportunity fund, having already invested half of the capital it raised for its second fund in January.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
A group comprising SP Setia, Sime Darby and the Employees’ Pension Fund of Malaysia have exchanged contracts to buy the iconic London property from receivers.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The US government’s development finance agency will help to leverage investments by Actis’ second African real estate fund, which will develop commercial properties in the sub-Saharan region.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The $39.8 billion oil endowment will continue to examine a potential $400 million investment to a company that would own and rent single-family homes.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
