The vehicle, sponsored by New York-based Falcon Real Estate, will seek capital from Europe, Asia and Latin America, but is excluding US investors.
4 min read · 22 January 2013
The largest alternative investment firms in the world tend to offer suites of products. In the private equity real estate asset class, the potential for multi-strategy has barely been cracked. By David Snow
3 min read · 22 January 2013
Five Food Groups 2008-05-01 Staff Writer <strong><bold>INDUSTRIAL<br /> ProLogis makes its debut in India</bold></strong><br /> Denver-based industrial property investor ProLogis is making its foray into the Indian property market with its 50/50 development joint venture
3 min read · 22 January 2013
Primary properties 2008-05-01 Staff Writer <strong>Quotable</strong><br /> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>“ attractive investment opportunities for this capital.”</strong></td> <td><
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Canadian <italic>kama'ainas</italic> 2008-05-01 Staff Writer Canadians hoping to make a clean break from home better not move to Hawaii – the islands are taking in a wave of vacation home buyers from Vancouver, Calgary and other cities several thousands of miles away.<br /> <br /> A
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Big and influential 2008-05-01 Staff Writer We here at <italic>PERE</italic> are pretty excited, and it's not just because the weather is warming up. You hold in your hands the product of many man hours of work in our quest to determine the largest GPs in the world, and the most influential LPs i
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Though investors continue to be enamored with emerging markets, the case studies presented here demonstrate that love can very quickly turn to loss. By Paul Fruchbom
8 min read · 22 January 2013
ABP Investments, the asset management arm of the pension fund for Dutch civil servants and educators, is one of the most powerful European LPs in private real estate funds. The pension fund began investing in indirect real estate in 1998 and has approximately €17 billion ($19 billion) invested, which is organized under the alternative investments division. It is an investor in a range of managers including Aberdeen Property Investors, Apollo Real Estate, The Carlyle Group, Heitman, ProLogis, Tishman Speyer, Neinver and Vesteda Groep. Here, Patrick Kanters, managing director of real estate, Europe and Asia-Pacific, explains why operators will outperform allocators, his firm's moves into Asia and why fund managers should stick to what they know best.
4 min read · 22 January 2013
The captive real estate development and acquisition arm of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Cadillac Fairview had a portfolio valued at approximately C$14.5 billion ($12.8 billion; €9.5 billion) at the end of 2006. Though 80 percent of its property investments are in Canada, the group recently has ventured further afield. In 2006, it acquired a 46 percent stake in Rio De Janeiro-based Multiplan Empreendimentos Imobiliários, the largest regional mall operator in Brazil. The pension fund investor has also been moving into Asia, primarily via investments in private equity real estate funds. Here, Andrea Stephen, the executive vice president for investments, talks about the problems with super-sized funds, what she likes about Brazil, and her interest in South Africa.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
GPs may grab all the headlines—and make all the dollars—but LPs remain the industry's lifeblood. Here, three leading institutional investors give us their take on the most pressing issues facing their community.
4 min read · 22 January 2013
