In a paper sent to clients last month and seen by PERE, global firm RREEF Real Estate says history has shown that events, such as those currently seen in Europe, provide opportune moments to achieve outsized performance by investing in opportunistic investments.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
The Fort Worth, Texas-based private equity firm reportedly has agreed to purchase Flagler, a private REIT based in Florida, from Fortress.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
The New York-based workout firm has made a fourth senior hire for its European real estate division in less than a year with the appointment of former Deloitte and Mapeley man Robin Priest.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
A number of next-generation, European-focused opportunistic real estate funds are going to be competing for a finite pool of institutional capital this year.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
Poor investments, including a big stake in Hypo Real Estate, have played havoc with JC Flowers’ $7 billion Fund II.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
At an invitation-only event in Monaco, the co-founder of KKR, which is making a big push into real estate, said that low interest rates and a lack of capital offered 'enormous' opportunities for private equity.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
A Luxembourg-domiciled company sponsored by Aerium and a Kuwaiti sovereign wealth fund has launched a debt fund to provide bridging loans for residential property transactions in high-end London locations.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The estate of Icelandic bank Kaupthing, which crashed in 2008, has awarded a mandate to Internos Real Investors to manage €90m of real estate located in France.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
How pay rules should apply to private fund managers and whether it’s smart to keep dealmakers separate from a risk oversight team are among the questions now being considered by the UK’s Financial Services Authority.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The Washington, DC-based alternative asset manager has appointed 11 real estate professionals in North America and Europe to senior roles.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
