PERE looks back at the year just passed for the trends that mattered most. Today we look at trend number eight – private equity firms forayed into emerging markets via joint ventures or by taking equity stakes in development companies.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
PERE looks back at the year just passed for the trends that mattered most. Today we look at trend number three – in 2007 Western firms raced to expand their investment mandates globally and to hire people with the right experience and outlook for the job.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
CalSTRS is one of the world's largest pension funds to publish publicly available data on individual funds. The data though has many shortcomings.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Five Food Groups 2008-01-01 Staff Writer <strong><bold>HOSPITALITY<br /> Colony and Eurazeo snap up shares in Europe's largest hotels owner</bold></strong><br /> Private equity firms Colony Capital and Eurazeo have been forced on the defensive after unveiling plans to in
4 min read · 22 January 2013
The New York-based firm has launched a Brazil-focused fund as the country continues to draw private equity real estate investment capital.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The private equity real estate arm of Knight Frank is seeking $300m of equity to seed the fund, which has a target size of $1bn.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Participants at the 2007 PERE Forum in New York discussed the credit crunch and the outlook for US private equity real estate performance, but much of the talk centered on investor enthusiasm for emerging markets property.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Adding to its growing portfolio of hotel and resort assets, Playa Hotels and Resorts, the property vehicle of Grupo Barceló, has acquired a 540-unit resort in the Dominican Republic.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The emerging markets-focused Chicago firm will target platforms likely to benefit from a global real estate boom, but eschew direct property investments.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Capital Watch 2007-11-01 Staff Writer <strong>FUNDS IN MARKET/COMING TO MARKET</strong><br /> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>FUND</strong></td> <td><strong>FIRM</strong></td>
10 min read · 01 November 2007