Pierre Vaquier, a 14-year veteran of insurance giant AXA, has taken the helm of its institutional real estate firm, AXA REIM, and is set to announce a major strategy overhaul later this month.
6 min read · 22 January 2013
The US alternative asset investor has raised $305 million for its second private equity real estate vehicle focused on the European property markets.
4 min read · 22 January 2013
In April, delegates at the annual INREV conference heard how real estate could converge with a new energy vision in Europe. Are you ready for a revolution? By Robin Marriott
3 min read · 22 January 2013
At a recent private equity conference on emerging markets, both the perils and potential of investing in the developed world were brought into clear focus. By Paul Fruchbom
5 min read · 22 January 2013
Real estate cowboy 2007-06-01 Staff Writer US football star Michael Irvin is known for a lot of things. For one, he spent more than a decade playing for the Dallas Cowboys, where the wide receiver played a critical role in the team's three Super Bowl victories in the 1990s. Playing alongside fellow Cowboys T
3 min read · 22 January 2013
Star power 2007-06-01 Staff Writer In 1986, <italic>The Wall Street Journal</italic> published a brief story about a group of brash young “whiz kids,” including a 35-year old investment banker and a 28-year old private equity pro, who were quite literally taking over the takeover business. More t
2 min read · 22 January 2013
In the October 2006 issue of Private Equity International, we produced a selection of the 30 most influential lawyers in global private equity. Here, we remind our readers of some of the legal world's most valued practitioners.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
The real estate arm of Deutsche Bank is making personnel changes in Europe following the surprise announcement by David Brush that he will retire from the company next year.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The announced acquisition of the Englewood, Colorado company, the second largest publicly traded apartment owner in the US, would be one of the largest REIT privatizations in history.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
PAI Partners has bought a controlling stake in partially listed house-builder Kaufman et Broad from US housing group KB Home for more than €5-a-share below Kaufman’s market price last week.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
