Despite market conditions causing 2011 to be a “roller coaster ride”, the Canadian institutional fund manager’s real estate portfolio generated positive returns last year.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Lombard Street Research told more than 300 delegates at the PERE Summit: Asia today how China’s real GDP growth should be forecasted to be just 5 percent over the next 10 years. The stat turned out to be one of Day One’s major talking points.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Mark Machin has been appointed president of CPPIB Asia, as the Canadian pension plan looks to enhance its investment activities, including that of real estate, in the region.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, Patrick Wu, who was made head of the sovereign wealth fund’s real estate team only a couple of months ago, has resigned from his post.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Pius Ho, a former senior portfolio manager at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, has launched Moonbridge Capital, a real estate investment management business aiming to differentiate itself as an operating partner.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The Rohatyn Group has acquired a 60% stake in mid-market infrastructure private equity firm CapAsia, which focuses solely on non-BRIC emerging Asia. CapAsia has over $400m of assets under management.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The all-Chinese joint venture has raised almost half of the $500 million targeted for its second residential development fund, Harmony China Real Estate Fund II.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The recently formed boutique investment firm will invest in Chinese retail properties developed and anchored by supermarkets of Beijing conglomerate BHG.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The New York-based advisory firm has offered its view on several trends concerning the private equity real estate industry, including pricing assumptions on some recent transactions.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
In a follow-up to its 2007 debut Asia real estate vehicle, the German fund manager is now in the market with two new Asia-focused funds targeting investments in East and Southeast Asia.
2 min read · 17 January 2013