French and German foreign minsters have come out strongly against the ‘third country’ rules in the latest draft of the proposed EU regulations.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
US REIT Chatham Lodging Trust has bought six hotels from the Bethesda, Maryland-based hotel investment firm in an all-cash deal.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Richard Cohen has joined the New York-based firm as managing director to help the real estate investment firm raise capital from US investors.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Though little attention has been paid to private equity fund managers in the debates over US financial regulatory reform, a planned amendment from Senator Jack Reed could make the Senate’s bill much less friendly to venture and private equity fund managers.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The newly unveiled PEI 300 ranks Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area as the largest private equity direct investment programme in the world, just ahead of Carlyle and KKR. The 300 firms on the list have collectively raised less capital over the past five years than in previous years’ rankings.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
TPG Capital and Caruso Capital Partners have formed a joint venture that will invest as much as $750m of debt and equity in retail centers and mixed-use properties in the western US.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Atlanta-based Invesco has held a final close for its Mortgage Recovery Fund on $1.46bn of commitments. The fund is part of the US Treasury’s Public-Private Investment Program.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
In this fourth annual ranking of the world’s largest private equity firms you will find many familiar names and placements but also some notable shuffling in the ranks, reflective of a dramatically changed fundraising market as well as the rise of specialist and emerging markets strategies.
10 min read · 24 January 2013
Canada-based China Select Capital Partners has received approval from the municipal government of Suzhou Industrial Park to set up funds denominated in the Chinese currency.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
An online petition urging the pension giant to unload real estate holdings in the state has surfaced – an initiative designed to oppose a new immigration bill signed into Arizona law on Friday.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
