The former head of Greater China at Pramerica now heads Asian real estate at the Qatar Investment Authority, which is looking to diversify its investment portfolio geographically.
2 min read · 07 October 2013
The Istanbul-based private equity real estate firm makes a partial exit as it sells a stake in a company owning 1,274 student beds to the Dubai-based investment firm. The two partners will look to add more sites in partnership.
2 min read · 04 September 2013
The European firm that started out as a family office has acquired Da Vinci Market Central in Rome from international developer AIG/Lincoln.
2 min read · 04 September 2013
The New Delhi-based private equity real estate firm is plotting to transfer approximately $1.5 billion of existing offices under management to a new investment vehicle giving some of its investors continued exposure to the assets beyond the life of its opportunistic funds.
3 min read · 04 September 2013
After consulting with its investors, the Indian fund manager has changed its second fund into more of a club offering with an increased target size, and has held a first close on $240 million.
2 min read · 04 September 2013
The Sydney-based firm’s open-ended logistics real estate fund has attracted €550 million in fresh equity from institutional investors although it stated it there was €900 million trying to get in. Together with a bond issued in March, the fund now has more than €800 million in firepower.
2 min read · 28 August 2013
The China-focused fund manager exceeded its capital raising target at the final close of its first retail property focused fund.
2 min read · 28 August 2013
The sovereign wealth fund of the United Arab Emirates has cut the amount of its assets managed by external managers from 80 percent to 75 percent, further signalling its intent to handle more of its own portfolio directly.
2 min read · 28 August 2013
America’s largest pension plan has agreed to acquire an interest in the Metropolis shopping center in Moscow, three months after Morgan Stanley acquired the property in the largest-ever commercial real estate deal in Russia.
2 min read · 28 August 2013
Jason Lucas, president of Amstar Global Partners, will head up the new UK office.
1 min read · 28 August 2013
