The Tokyo-based private equity firm has sold the seafood restaurant chain for an undisclosed amount.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The Chinese capital has reportedly joined Shanghai in securing the necessary backing from China’s central government to launch a currency conversion programme for offshore LPs. Further detail on Shanghai’s QFLP scheme has also emerged.
3 min read · 18 January 2013
Almost two-thirds of foreign real estate investors have billed the US as the top global market in which to invest, the highest level since 2000 and garnering six times more votes than second-placed China.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Daniel Klebes, the one-time architect of Goldman Sachs’ Whitehall Funds investments in Japan has resigned from his current position as chief investment officer of Asia private equity real estate firm, Aetos Capital.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
After 13 years with Westbrook Partners, Avi Banyasz will help David Bonderman’s private equity firm push further into the real estate asset class.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
ING Real Estate Investment Management has agreed the sale of its A$2.5 billion Australian Securities Exchange-listed industrial fund to a consortium of buyers led by Sydney-based Goodman Group. The sale is the latest in a string of real estate offloads by Dutch parent company ING.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The French insurer has held a first close for Commercial Real Estate Senior 1, which provides loans either directly to borrowers or indirectly by backing a syndicate of banks
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Pamfleet Group, the Hong Kong and Singapore real estate investment business has attracted $125 million from institutional investors for the first closing of its debut private equity real estate fund. Hong Kong is likely to be the firm’s short-term investment destination.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Former Quadrangle chief Steve Rattner has agreed to pay $10m and be banned from appearing before New York public pensions for five years.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Investors will ‘sacrifice’ returns and diversification if they overlook China, Brazil and India. However, targeting the three countries’ real estate markets demands a longer-term investment horizon and plenty of due diligence.
4 min read · 18 January 2013
