3i veteran Michael Queen will now steer the firm, whose top 50 investments lost £682m in the past nine months. Last year, 3i invested a total of £841m, down dramatically from the £1.8bn the prior year. 3i's share price has plummeted in recent months, this morning losing nearly 4%, giving it a £941m market capitalisation.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The real estate arm of the sovereign wealth fund has sold a stake in the Centre International de Conferences, to HongKong and Shanghai Hotels for €100m. The centre will be redeveloped into the Peninsula Hotel.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
In its outlook for 2009, Shuaa Capital warns that the Abu Dhabi real estate market will follow Dubai’s downturn, although to a lesser extent.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The New York-based private equity firm is reportedly on the brink of making up to 27 of its 275 employees redundant.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The private equity real estate firm with more than $3bn in dry powder has hired Matthew Kenney, David Finkel, Zubin Irani, Andrew Gummer and Kunihiko Okumura as principals and managing principals to work from its New York, London and Tokyo offices.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The Dubai-based investment bank says it will avoid regulatory conflicts from a dual listing, as well as boost liquidity and trading volume by remaining traded only in Dubai.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The South Carolina theme park, backed by publicly listed Israeli holding companies Africa Israel Investment and Polar Investments, failed to find a buyer while in bankruptcy and will liquidate just nine months after opening.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The firms have held a $150m first close and expect to raise $200m by the end of the first quarter.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The transformation of Atrium European Real Estate continues with the hire of a chief financial officer.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The Florida-based firm joins several other high-profile private equity firms that have cut back on staff to control costs amid recession, including Blackstone and Carlyle. Sun invested alongside Lubert-Adler in US retailer Mervyns, which last year filed for bankruptcy.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
