Which firms and deals are going to top our annual reader poll for 2009? You tell us.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Many large institutional investors will look to separate accounts, rather than commingled funds in 2010. That decision could not only be short-sighted, but also leave them tied to second-tier managers. By Zoe Hughes
3 min read · 21 January 2013
Thayer will buy $307m for Interstate Hotels & Resorts in a 50-50 partnership with Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels. IHR shareholders have yet to vote on the plans.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Merrill Lynch’s global real estate principle investments division has halted plans to offload its Asian real estate investment management business. The platform may be placed on the market again late second quarter 2010.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Industry participants are raising red flags over the pension giant's decision to sponsor legislation that would require placement agents to register as lobbyists and ban success fees.
3 min read · 21 January 2013
The mega-firm is entering the amusement park sector, following several other firms that have acquired parks this year. But the sector has in some cases been a roller coaster for private equity returns.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Roughly $170bn of properties were classed as troubled, had been taken back by lenders or resolved at the end of November, according to Real Capital Analytics. Las Vegas leads the way with $17.7bn of distress.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Limited partners urged to start serious discussions with GPs about portfolio and asset valuations, as institutional investors attempt to choose tomorrow’s winners.
3 min read · 21 January 2013
The real estate platform of Leon Black-led Apollo is vying with ING and Australia’s Macquarie Group to buy the management of the $8bn private equity real estate business of Citigroup
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The oil and gas exploration platform, created in 2005 by a consortium including Carlyle, Goldman and First Reserve, hopes to fund its exploration activities despite having ‘no proved reserves’.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
