Institutional investors say they are willing to trade lower returns for less risk. However, is the current push for core full of hidden risk?
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Quadrangle co-founder Steve Rattner could pay $6m and face a two-year ban from the securities industry, the WSJ reports. The deal is expected to be finalised today.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Competition for core assets is pushing prices higher and cap rates down, however with little prospect for growth is the sector becoming increasingly risky?
2 min read · 24 January 2013
According to its report, ‘The Great Wall of Money’, DTZ says the US is forecast to generate the largest increase in available capital, followed by Asia. However it says there will be a decrease in the amount coming from real estate funds and other ‘third party’ sources.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Danish fund of funds manager Sparinvest has halved the fundraising target for its second global vehicle, Sparinvest Property Fund II, to €250m. Bo Jensen, managing partner at the firm, says however, that the fund should hold a final closing in January.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
ING Clarion managing director Jeff Barclay will join Goldman Sachs Asset Management to lead a new core real estate arm.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Despite more than $450bn of private equity sitting on the sidelines of the US real estate market, professionals have warned 12% to 15% will be ‘the new 25%”.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The EU’s leading opponent to letting foreign private equity firms easily access Europe’s deep capital markets has softened its position.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The private equity firm and South Korea's $270bn National Pension Service have acquired the 23.44% stake in Colonial Pipeline being sold by energy giant Chevron.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The private equity firm and South Korea's $270bn National Pension Service have acquired the 23.44% stake in Colonial Pipeline being sold by energy giant Chevron. KKR indicated Colonial might be a good fit for its infrastructure portfolio.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
