In its annual report Money into Property, property services firm DTZ revealed that the value of invested stock in Asia Pacific was greater than that in North America for the first time. The firm also predicted Asia’s growth would continue to trend upwards.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The $80.4 billion pension plan has approved equity commitments to Principal Enterprise Capital and Aevitas Property Partners to help expand its investments in private real estate operating companies.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Increased construction, a growing economy and the impending closing of two funds focused on investments in Turkey point to a possible increased investor appetite within the market. However, it still has a long way to go before being the next Brazil.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
Robin Hubbard, formerly an executive director with fundraising responsibility at real estate giant CBRE, has joined InfraRed Capital’s investor relations team to focus on real estate and infrastructure.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The NYSE-listed wealth management firm based in Shanghai plans to reach out to China’s high-net-worth families for a fund aimed at providing an alternative financing source for the country’s real estate developer.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Xiao Qing Bai has been appointed as the sovereign wealth fund’s next global head of real estate following the recent resignations of Patrick Wu and, before him, Collin Lau. She performs the role jointly with her responsibilities as head of private equity in North America.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
AIG Global Real Estate, the one-time $40 billion real estate investment management business of credit crunch poster-boy American International Group, wants to be a real estate player again. It might just have the capacity for a comeback.
4 min read · 17 January 2013
The Hong Kong-based private equity real estate firm, founded in 2005, is approaching the prerequisite investment hurdle of its third China-focused opportunity fund. It is now paving the way for its biggest fund offering yet.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
InfraRed Capital Partners, the real estate and infrastructure investment management business spun out from HSBC, is back on the fundraising trail for its follow-up to its InfraRed NF China Real Estate Fund, which has now been fully deployed.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Westport Capital Partner Fund III has closed on more than $571 million in equity commitments, or 15 percent above its target. The value-added vehicle will focus on distressed opportunities throughout the US, including distressed debt and real assets.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
