A report by PCA to the $234bn California pension fund has highlighted China and India as the most attractive emerging markets in which to invest. The pension will next week consider backing calls to allocate significantly more capital to emerging markets over the next decade.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
A consortium headed by the Qatari Investment Authority is reportedly finalizing a deal to acquire the UK property outsourcing business Trillium from Land Securities.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The global alternative asset manager’s $308m investment in Brazil is the latest in a host of private equity real estate investors looking to capitalize on the country’s growing property market.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The Kuwait-based firm has announced the closing of a $75 million fund, with 40 percent already committed to four deals in Dubai and Kuwait.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The Los Angeles-based private equity real estate firm spent one month raising capital for its distressed credit fund, raising a total of $900m from existing investors. The fund is expected to invest in distressed property debt and operating companies with strong real estate components.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Kim Ho-Shik, former president of South Korea’s $230bn National Pension Service, has joined the advisory board of the Singapore-based real estate investment firm.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Oman Investment Fund acquires half of the hotel chain from the Dublin-based private equity real estate firm, just one year after Quinlan purchased Jurys Inns for €1.17bn. The deal will allow Quinlan to take advantage of falling real estate values in the UK.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The European private equity real estate firm has partnered with India’s Nichani Holdings for an Indian property vehicle that will seek capital from the large non-resident Indian population in Oman.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The real estate division of Bahrain-founded Investcorp has started to invest its latest US debt vehicle by acquiring $210m of junior and mezzanine loans.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The number of recent private equity investments in wind farms has been head-spinning.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
