PERE looks back at the year just passed for the trends that mattered most. Today we look at trend number four – sovereign wealth funds have become major forces in global real estate investing.
3 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 ex-Morgan Stanley chairman presented his proposals to the UK Treasury Select Committee, dismissing concerns his suggestion that firms submit anonymous attribution analysis provided firms with “a cloak of anonymity”.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The real estate investment firm has bought the Brooklyn Heights landmark Standish Arms Hotel, which served as a residential property for workers in the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Switzerland’s Jelmoli Holding has started legal proceedings to “enforce rights” which it says it has under a purchase agreement with an Israeli-led consortium.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Sir David Walker’s report on transparency and disclosure has encouraged UK industry body, the BVCA, to name, shame and expel non-compliers with his proposed code.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
Three Delta has withdrawn its bid for Sainsbury’s citing the problems in the credit markets and an equity increase demanded by the UK supermarket’s pension trustees.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Sovereign wealth funds are becoming major forces in the global investment market thanks to surging oil revenues and swollen currency reserves. These national funds are set to have a big impact on private equity real estate. By Dave Keating
9 min read · 22 January 2013
The US hedge fund is joining forces with a 50-year-old local firm.
4 min read · 22 January 2013
An Israeli-led consortium revealed today it has terminated an agreement to buy a package of Swiss properties in a clear example of how large property deals are failing to get done in the wake of the recent credit crunch and fears that commercial property values are falling.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
