The Blackstone Group is poised to add to its Asian office network with a branch in Beijing, the political and administrative seat of the Chinese government.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has tapped former Goldman Sachs rainmaker Alain Carrier to lead private investments from its second international office opened this year.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The UK finance provider’s full-year fiscal profits climbed 8 percent as banks continue to suffer from the credit troubles.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Following hot on the heels of the Dublin firm’s first private equity real estate fund, which closed on €400m this week, the firm is working on a second fund of roughly the same size.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Electra Partners has raised £100m to deploy in areas including real estate alongside the capital of its main client, Electra Private Equity plc, as the latter returns to fully-blown private equity investment.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The Swiss-based private equity real estate firm founded by former Cerberus head in Germany, Ralph Winter, expects to invest in another €600 million of property this year.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Anecdotal evidence suggests German institutional investors are increasingly switching billions of euros invested directly in real estate into property funds.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Italy's Pirelli Real Estate has handed responsibility for raising its first ever European opportunity fund to Olivier De Poulpiquet.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The London-based real estate investment firm is telling investors Eastern European retail investments are providing attractive returns.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The US state has revealed a major funding gap in key infrastructure projects, if it is to keep pace with growing population over the next 25 years.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
