Forum Partners Investment Management has appointed Wei Wang, Ken Aoyama and Ashwin Shetty for roles in China, Japan and India respectively.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Colony, Dune and Kan Am claimed lenders 'refused' to renegotiate the New Jersey project’s construction loans. The group of five lenders is currently talking to new operators to take over and finish the retail and entertainment complex.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
The US firm says in its latest European bulletin that the focus of bank lending is on core prime assets in Western European cities, but that there are signs of ‘risk appetite’ returning
2 min read · 24 January 2013
South Korea’s largest telecommunications company, KT Corporation has appointed Kim Kyung-soo, a former Lone Star executive, to lead its newly launched property management firm.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
A trio of private equity real estate firms have clubbed together to acquire a second portfolio of bank branches from Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The Carlyle Group has made its first investment in the UK residential market with the £40m purchase of a development site in London’s upmarket Chelsea area.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The Boston firm has secured an agreement from German bank, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank, to renew and extend a €600m acquisition and development facility of the ‘Tour First’ tower in La Defense near Paris.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Pension Fund, which has around £760m of assets, wants to find a real estate fund of funds manager to invest globally.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The UK pension ‘lifeboat’ has hired Goldman Sachs, Pantheon, Hamilton Lane, Lexington, LGT, Partners Group and RREEF as advisors.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The Zug, Switzerland-based private equity real estate firm has appointed Felicity Ambler from Aviva Investors as director of equity raising and investor relations.
2 min read · 24 January 2013