With $10 billion in fresh powder for global real estate investment, Blackstone is adding to its Asian firepower with a Hong Kong office, president Hamilton James has told PERE.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The direct investment arm of AIG Investments has sold its 14.15 percent stake in Turkey’s largest chain of movie theaters.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
London-based property investment manager Rockspring has closed its fourth vehicle to date with 13 institutional investors committing to the core-plus and value-add strategy.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Testifying yesterday before the US Senate Finance Committee, Timothy Callahan warned lawmakers not to impose new taxes on private equity real estate fund managers.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The German firm has launched a fund of funds to invest in five pan-Asian vehicles, targeting a maximum final close of $465m.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Two months after launching its £1bn opportunity fund, Evans Randall has invested in three office properties, all of which are in the capital.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The London-based firm is making its second foray into Central Europe for Benson Elliot Real Estate Partners II.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
John Slade, head of international investments for the global real estate advisory firm, believes emerging markets ‘are not going to be halted in their tracks’ by a slowdown in the US.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The private equity firms behind what is touted as one of the world’s largest entertainment complexes have announced the development will open on Nov 20 – an attraction they hope will be as iconic as the UK’s London Eye and Seattle’s Space Needle.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The UK-centric large buyout focus of the Walker Report means only a limited number of portfolio companies have to comply. Moves are afoot to take the transparency reforms further.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
