Below is the full text of the Institutional Limited Partners Association's letter to EU internal market commissioner Michel Barnier.
7 min read · 24 January 2013
Hong Kong-based Gaw Capital Partners has raised approximately $200m for Gateway China Real Estate Fund III – its third vehicle. The fund has an overall equity target of $500m.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
John Klopp, head of the bank’s Americas real estate investing and global debt investing operations, expects the firm to target FDIC loan portfolios as it looks to debt opportunities for future investments.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Landmark’s Fund XIV reached its goal of $1.5bn, but has not yet officially closed. The target was lowered from the fund’s initial offering of $2.4bn.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
San Diego-based Westcore Properties and New York-based Angelo, Gordon & Co acquire a $27.8m loan secured against a London office portfolio in a rare offload by a UK bank.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Leon Black’s Apollo Global Management has been chosen as the preferred bidder to take control of Citi Property Investors, the real estate investment arm of Citigroup.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Earl Mahfuz, the state’s new PPP director, said in an interview that Georgia’s first project, the $2.3bn ‘West by Northwest’ toll road development is being modeled after the North Tarrant Express in Texas. Both projects will share the use of pre-development agreements, managed lanes and financing techniques.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
Mark Burton is to retire as the chief investment officer of sovereign wealth fund Abu Dhabi Investment Council after three years in the role. Burton is expected to conclude his tenure at the fund before June.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The mortgage REIT launched by Starwood Capital Group has continued its aggressive investment spree by acquiring a $503 million loan book from Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Sander Levin, who previously backed bills to tax carry as ordinary income instead of capital gains, will chair the House Ways and Means Committee. He will take over from Rep. Charles Rangel.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
