A debate in the House of Lords over the EU’s pending AIFM legislation yielded little progress, as key issues including third country rules and disclosure requirements have yet to be resolved.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
The Royal Bank of Scotland is reportedly poised to sell up to £3bn in real estate loans as part of a wider project to “shed large chunks of its business” it “can no longer afford” according to a report by the Financial Times.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Aberdeen Asset Management says in a report out this month that a number of factors will conspire to weaken the economic climate going into 2011
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Secondaries specialist Coller Capital has acquired a majority stake in a portfolio of 40 Bank of Scotland Integrated Finance assets from owner Lloyds Banking Group.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
Carlyle's Robert Grady and Byrne Asset Management exec Tom Byrne have been appointed to the 13-member pension investment council. Jeff Oram, a director at Marcus & Millichap, has also been appointed.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The fragile nature of the relationship between firms and public pensions was highlighted recently by two events – an SEC ban on unregistered placement agents, and a controversial speech given by a Blackstone executive. Christopher Witkowsky explores.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
The private equity industry awaits resolution on the AIFM directive as three-way negotiations between the EU parliament, the Council of Ministers and the European Commission are expected to conclude in July.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
The alternative to the PIIGS – the Nordic region appears to have survived the global financial crisis better than most other European countries. PERE Magazine July, August 2010 issue
10 min read · 24 January 2013
Edmund Craston, managing director of London-based private equity real estate firm Rockspring Property Investment Managers, responds to today's challenge of managing different types of investors in the same vehicle. He speaks to PERE on the sidelines of last week's PERE Forum: Europe in London.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
CB Richard Ellis Investors’ global multi- manager division exceeds its initial capital raising target for its Asia Alpha Fund.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
