Confronting an increasingly overweighted private equity portfolio, CalPERS has made $700m in commitments to real estate funds and almost $1bn to four private equity funds.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The property developer and fund manager is reportedly talking to investors about raising another India real estate vehicle. It follows Tishman’s decision to buy out ICICI’s stake in their joint venture company, TSI Ventures India.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Singapore-based development and real estate investment firm has sold the 88-unit Somerset Orchard residences in a bid to ‘redeploy’ capital to global investment opportunities. It follows on the firm's sale last week of its interest in the Capital Tower Beijing office complex.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The world’s sovereign wealth funds are targeting mainly trophy real estate assets, as they wait on the anticipated unloading of ‘distressed’ properties in the US. In the long-term, SWFs are looking to partner with key US players, expanding their roles beyond 'static asset owners.’
2 min read · 22 January 2013
A blank cheque company sponsored by a Japanese consortium has agreed to acquire Senoko Power from the sovereign wealth fund.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Industry veteran Steve Felix shares his thoughts on creating opportunity.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
Indian housing lender HDFC will function as an ‘asset reconstruction fund’ targeting developers facing a tougher real estate market. Along with its asset management unit, HDFC will acquire distressed real estate projects in the country.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The Singapore developer and real estate investment firm looks to increase its exposure to Asia’s emerging markets just as it sells the Capital Tower Beijing complex for $352m. It first acquired the property three years ago, while it was under construction.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Zoning is changing in the US. Urban sprawl is making way for smarter, more dense, communities where people live where they work and play. But as private equity real estate firms understand only too well, it's an extremely slow process. By Zoe Hughes
10 min read · 22 January 2013
As the vast Brazilian real estate market becomes saturated with GPs both large and small, prime properties are being gobbled up at a frenzied pace. As with other BRIC markets, development is now the name of the game. By Eva Poon
10 min read · 22 January 2013
