MVision, the private equity placement agent business led by Mounir Guen, has appointed Mitchell Sikora and Scott Arden from JT Partners to boost its real estate services offering.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The Carlyle Group has found a ready buyer for a completed development in Lyon in the form of a German core property fund managed by RREEF
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The firm has obtained €42.5m of financing from Deutsche Pfandbriefbank to acquire the building. It accredited “deep analysis” of the leasing market as a key factor behing the purchase.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Jan Meulenbelt, the new global head of ING’s global multi-manager platform, plans to allow investors to invest in separate European, US and Asia Pacific vehicles.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Schroders has appointed former Hines investment executive Marina Bottero as head of property fund management, Italy. The firm has also promoted Cristina Ferrari Bravo to head of property asset management, Italy.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Analysis by Jones Lang LaSalle says ‘selective banks’ are willing to lend, though loan-to-value ratios are unlikely to improve and finance for speculative development will be unavailable in the short term.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Scottish Widows Investment Partnership, an asset manager owned by nationalised British bank, Lloyds Banking Group, says improving values may reduce banks’ reluctance to sell.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Charles Foster Taylor died on Boxing Day. As well as serving UBS, he was also a member of INREV’s membership committee.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Portland Capital, a London-based firm backed by Apax founder Sir Ronald Cohen, is reportedly winding down its business specialising in managing a real estate securities fund.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
PERE takes a look at the major themes that shaped the global real estate industry in 2009, as well as some encouraging indicators for the year ahead. By Zoe Hughes
6 min read · 21 January 2013
