Firm strikes property deal with German retail chain Aldi and declares it plans another €200m of investment in the country by the end of the year
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Despite trying to sell itself to third parties, the real estate investment arm of the Dutch insurance group has hired Bruno Cohen as CIO of its Paris office.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Musician Bob Geldof is working with former Doughty Hanson senior principal Mark Florman in the development of an Africa-focused fund.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
US firm exits the majority of its investment in Belgium's Immobel, which it first made in June 2007
1 min read · 24 January 2013
TPG, formerly known as the Texas Pacific Group, is making a push into real estate using its latest private equity funds – TPG Partners V and the gargantuan TPG Partners VI, which raised $18.8 billion in 2008.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The UK opportunity fund manager sponsored by Schroder Property, has struck up a joint venture with the major pension fund and investor, British Airways, to buy an office investment in central London
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Michael Clarke, who was at Schroder Property for 18 years, has set up an advisory firm. Meanwhile, Jenny Buck, global head of Schroders’ property multi-manager business has also left the company
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Nick Tyrrell, who was head of research and strategy at JP Morgan’s European real estate group, has died after a prolonged illness
1 min read · 24 January 2013
PREI was one of four real estate firms seeking to raise $1.3bn from Mexican pensions via the country’s stock exchange.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Parsippany-based Pramerica Real Estate Investors and London-based Rockspring Property Investment Managers become the latest beneficiaries of the National Pension Service of Korea’s desire to increase its exposure to alternative assets.
2 min read · 24 January 2013