The $2.7bn Fresno County Employees’ Retirement Association has increased its exposure to real estate and private equity while launching a new ‘real asset’ allocation, which includes infrastructure.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The Belgian financial group will have $1bn in spending power for the Japanese office, retail and industrial markets.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The oil and gas acquisition and operating company formed by Texas-based private equity firm, EnerVest, has inked four deals to purchase oil and gas properties across the US.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The New York-based alternative investment firm has acquired the SFO Logistics Center in San Francisco with plans to add loading slips and build additional warehouses on adjacent land.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The real estate arm of the US pension fund and asset manager is targeting commercial real estate opportunities in the UK and Europe with its first international office. Former Invesco retail executive Paul Wilson will lead the effort.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The latest quarterly report from the US Real Estate Roundtable warns that 95 percent of real estate chief executives feel that access to debt financing is worse than 12 months ago, with almost nine out of 10 professionals saying commercial asset values will stay flat or even drop over the coming year.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The second largest securities brokerage in Japan is putting plans in place to expand its real estate business and launch a private equity fund, according to media reports.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The UK fund manager has recruited John Harding as business development director of property to work with distribution teams across Europe, the US and Asia.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has sued the owners of private equity firm Wextrust Capital, Steven Byers and Joseph Shereshevsky, for allegedly defrauding investors of more than $100m, raised primarily from Orthodox Jews. Wextrust invested primarily in undervalued real estate assets.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The global alternative asset manager’s $308m investment in Brazil is the latest in a host of private equity real estate investors looking to capitalize on the country’s growing property market.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
