GE Capital Real Estate has appointed Francois Trausch as CEO, Asia Pacific. Trausch was previously head of GE Capital’s Western European real estate platform.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Hank Midgley will lead the firm’s investor relations and capital raising activities. He takes over from principal Kathryn Corro.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
PCCP has raised $105m for its $125m follow-on offering to a Lehman Brothers’ mezzanine vehicle it acquired last December, while Fortress is targeting $325m for a follow-on to a 2007 Florida co-investment vehicle.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Ireland’s “bad bank” started buying up troubled property loans from lenders this week, but opportunity funds shouldn’t expect a fire-sale anytime soon.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
Raising a private equity fund in 2010 is not a task for the fainthearted – long gone are the days when GPs could easily double fund sizes and rely on re-ups. With colour-coded references to the Capital Pursuit! board game in April’s issue, PEI examines a selection of the complex issues one must navigate in today’s global fundraising market.
10 min read · 24 January 2013
New rules being mulled in both the US and Europe would shrink the universe of LPs allowed to invest in private equity funds.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
Entities around the world rail against ‘third-party’ measures in the Directive.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
This week, when LPs – particularly the California Public Employees’ Retirement Systen – had something to say, GPs listened.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
The co-founder of Dune Real Estate Partners and the man behind Goldman Sachs’ Whitehall funds has stuck to several core beliefs throughout his career: never follow the pack, know when you want to have made your money and ensure your assets are unique.
10 min read · 24 January 2013
Mark Fogle 's parting email 2010-03-31 Staff Writer <P><EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">“It is with mixed emotions that I inform you that today is my last day with Deutsche Bank. <BR> <BR> When I joined the bank at the beginning of 2007, the investment world wa
1 min read · 24 January 2013