2005 Macquarie makes history with a Shanghai office acquisition
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2004 After many trials and tribulations, Morgan Stanley helps the Isle of Dogs back onto its feet
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Sydney-based AMP Capital has raised just over A$200 million for its second private equity real estate fund, the largest ever in Australia.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
As firms seek outsized returns, capital keeps finding its way to new, more interesting and sometimes more obscure markets. By Aaron Lovell
5 min read · 23 January 2013
Though opportunity fund managers continue to bemoan the competitive state of the US market, their actions on the ground seem to contradict their words. By Paul Fruchbom
5 min read · 23 January 2013
THE 4 FOOD GROUPS 2006-07-01 Staff Writer <strong>RETAIL<br /> The kids aren't alright</strong><br /> In June, Six Flags announced it was mulling the sale of six amusement parks in Buffalo; Denver; Seattle; Houston; and Concord, California; as well as Magic Mountain, north of Los An
3 min read · 01 July 2006
Zou Tao, housing crusader 2006-07-01 Staff Writer Zou Tao, a resident of the city of Shenzhen in Southern China, may not have known what he was stepping into when he first called on Chinese citizens to stop buying real estate. The 32-year-old golf equipment dealer first published an open letter on his intern
2 min read · 23 January 2013
Founded in 1974, Harvard Management Company (HMC) is a subsidiary of Harvard University responsible for managing the University's endowment, pension assets, working capital and deferred giving accounts. Generally regarded as one of the most astute investors in the alternative asset sector, HMC currently oversees approximately $26 billion in assets, $2.2 billion of which is invested in real estate. David Ferrero, who originally joined HMC in 1997, co-manages HMC's opportunistic real estate portfolio. Here, Ferrero talks about the current state of the real estate fundraising market, Harvard's “clarity of mission” and the importance of listening to your LPs.
6 min read · 23 January 2013
Ernst & Young has withdrawn its recent NPL report because of concerns about the numbers, but that does not mean China's bad debt woes are gone.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
Foreign direct investment can mean many things to a country. For some reason, private equity and real estate funds conjure up especially intense feelings—and metaphors. By Aaron Lovell
5 min read · 23 January 2013
