PERE magazine June issue 2010
2 min read · 24 January 2013
In investing its $4.7 billion G7 fund, Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing says it will be more disciplined and targeted in the deals it sources. The US, Western Europe and Japan will be the fund’s primary focus. PERE magazine June 2010
8 min read · 24 January 2013
LPs are expected to invest $8 billion of new capital to value-added and opportunistic funds in 2010. REITs believe some of that money should go to them. PERE magazine June 2010
2 min read · 24 January 2013
CalPERS’ well-liked private equity chief, Leon Shahinian, has been placed on administrative leave after allegedly failing to disclose gifts and travel from a placement agent. ‘We get these offers all the time’, says one fellow LP who described Shahinian as a ‘good man’.
4 min read · 24 January 2013
Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing has just closed its latest opportunity fund on $4.7bn. In closing the largest private equity real estate fund post-Lehman, MSREI is refocusing attention on its future, rather than the recent past. MSREI CEO Owen Thomas and CIO Jay Mantz talk about the challenges of the past 18 months – and how the New York-based platform is investing its capital once again.
10 min read · 24 January 2013
Argonaut Private Equity, an investment firm of US billionaire George Kaiser, has teamed up with hotel real estate and management company Aimbridge Hospitality for a $100m co-investment fund. The partnership marks Argonaut’s foray into hotel investments.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
A pre-identified pipeline of assets has helped Harvest attract commitments to its development fund. PERE Magazine June 2010 issue
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The US’ third largest public pension generated overall returns of 25.9% in the year to the end of March – however real estate was the only loss-maker, returning -27.8%.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The amount of troubled US real estate rose roughly 40 percent in April, due largely to a higher volume of CMBS restructurings. New loan modification rules are said to have contributed to the $12.8bn of new distress observed last month, the largest increase so far this year.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The $198bn pension has been negotiating with external managers for fee cuts, and has slashed an additional $99m in fees from managers including 13 real estate managers.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
