The US banking regulator scaled back its proposed rules, easing certain requirements that had attracted industry criticism including Tier 1 leverage ratios.
4 min read · 21 January 2013
The Alabama firm says it has acquired property from Segro, the UK REIT which took over fellow industrial property company Brixton recently. It closely follows a deal in June to buy a batch of UK warehouses from ProLogis.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
After a joint bid by Delancey and Citigroup threatened to derail Max Property Group’s efforts to buy a £232m industrial portfolio, the London-listed firm has received assurances that the deal will still go through.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
Emerging markets giant Actis is adjusting to life after the closing of its $2.9bn third fund by building up its IR and communications teams.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The buyout firm's first US deal is for Everpower Wind Holdings, which it has purchased from renewable-focused Good Energies.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
These 15 firms have the skills and strategies to dominate the real estate wasteland, say market insiders. PERE Magazine September 2009.
10 min read · 21 January 2013
Churn continues at ING Real Estate Investment Managers as longstanding UK professional departs the Dutch firm.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
Martin Barber, one of the UK’s best known property entrepreneurs and one of the few British executives with experience in the US REIT market, says he has backing from US investors for a company called Zenith Estates.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The number of global property purchases has increased for the first time in 15 months with $62.8bn of sales during Q2 – up 17 percent compared to the previous quarter, according to Real Capital Analytics. Distress though remains 'alarmingly' high with $233bn of property now in trouble.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Fundraising for Asia-focused funds may have stalled, but it has less to do with Asia than it has to with a slowdown in the pace of investments globally, writes Siddharth Poddar.
9 min read · 21 January 2013