The country’s largest public pension is considering increasing its interests in real estate with an eye toward the burgeoning emerging market countries.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Dubai-based private equity firm Istithmar has emerged with high-end retailer Barneys New York for a purchase price of $942m, after a month-long bidding war with Japanese clothing retailer Fast Retailing.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
AIM-listed China Real Estate Opportunities, launched by Irish developer Treasury Holdings in 2005 and recently refloated, has bought properties in Shanghai and Hongqiao.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The Singapore-based property developer has set up two private equity real estate funds in China totaling 7 billion yuan, official Chinese media has reported.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
In an attempt to rein in property investment, China will prevent foreign investors from borrowing offshore.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Morgan Stanley Real Estate, the property investment arm of the global investment bank, has completed the purchase of eights hotels in Europe—and plans to close on two more by the end of the third quarter.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The combination of more modest returns, a rise in the number of sellers and general profit-taking is leading to reductions in premiums being paid for secondary trades in UK property vehicles.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
Dubai World, the investment firm of the Dubai government, is reportedly looking to increase its real estate portfolio in the US and Asia.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The world’s second-largest commercial real estate broker plans to triple its investments in Asia from $7bn to $20bn
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Already the owner of 100,000 hotel rooms globally, the buyout firm is adding another 480,000 to its portfolio through the acquisition of legendary hotel group Hilton.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
