A study released by INREV at the ExpoReal conference has revealed that almost two-thirds of fund managers are reviewing the terms of their vehicles, with many set to extend. It's a 'question of timing', INREV tells PERE.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Expo Real property show in Germany has been rocked this afternoon by news that Georg Funke, chief executive officer of Hypo Real Estate, has been forced to resign with immediate effect.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The private equity real estate firm has picked up two industrial properties, acquired through its value-added Hampshire Partners Fund VII and its Hampshire Generational Fund.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The charitable foundation of Jeremy Coller, founder of UK secondaries firm Coller Capital, has made a ‘multi-million pound’ commitment to help create a private equity education and research institute at London Business School.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Real estate prices are set to decline by up to 25 percent in developed markets, according to Townsend co-founder Kevin Lynch. However he said there were plenty of opportunities amid the distress, telling PERE at the ExpoReal conference in Munich that investors were increasing their allocations to the asset class.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The private equity real estate firm has bought a second package of commercial real estate loans from Deutsche Bank covering the multifamily, retail and office sectors in Germany.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The industrial property investor’s latest deal was made through its ProLogis European Properties Fund II, launched in 2007.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The Ukrainian private equity firm will invest $15m in Fresh, a growing supermarket chain, from its $132m Emerging Europe growth fund. Its second Emerging Europe growth capital fund is targeting $300m.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The recommendations come as the region finds itself with rising infrastructure investment needs and limited public capital resources to meet them. Private finance initiatives, a type of PPP financing arrangement, have so far only accounted for 1 percent of the UKs total spend on such projects.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Dominique Senequier, speaking at a recent press lunch, listed ageing infrastructure, regulation and new services among the drivers of growing infrastructure investment needs in OECD countries. Developing Asian economies also face steep financing challenges but offer more attractive returns.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
