Polymath and industry pioneer Lord Charles Cecil retired last month from Helix Associates, the firm he founded and sold to US investment bank Jefferies.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Just a few weeks ago, there was more talk of distressed sellers than actual motivated sellers. Now talk is about to turn into action.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Andrew Pettit and William Killick, who formed Revcap in 2004 as a specialist co-investment firm, have teamed up with Kilmartin Property Group to launch a joint venture fund hoping to pick up smaller commercial assets in areas of London.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
A UK-based property company developing high-end apartments and some commercial property in Dubai plans to list a closed ended fund on the Channel Islands stock exchange focused on investing in property in Dubai and the rest of the Northern Emirates.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
A £1bn office redevelopment planned by MSREF near London’s Waterloo Station is being opposed by Boris Johnson, the new mayor of London, who was voted in by Londoners at the start of May.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Having closed MGPA Europe Fund III in June on $1.3bn, the private equity real estate firm has acquired assets in Greece, Poland and now Italy.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The Denver-based company, the world’s largest owner, developer and manager of distribution facilities, has made a number of appointments recently. The latest is that of Philip Dunne, who becomes chief operating officer in Europe and the Middle East.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The real estate arm of German bank, Commerzbank, has returned to the London property market for the first time in three years after previously buying the headquarters of insurance institution, Lloyd’s of London.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Michael Neal has joined Henderson from Goodman Property Investors to manage the firm’s retail warehouse fund. The fund, which started in 2001, owns assets worth more than £1.2bn.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The US public pension looks to alternatives to drive returns, plowing $825m into private equity, real estate and hedge funds.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
