Aviva Investors' rebranding – with its recent hire of Steve Felix – is the latest example of large insurance companies expanding their investment management business.
4 min read · 22 January 2013
ING Clarion is realigning its latest development fund to take advantage of the opportunities on offer.
4 min read · 22 January 2013
Investors squeezed by the denominator effect are becoming more assertive when GPs come around with the fundraising bowl. Fund terms are one of the things on their hit list.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
Five Food Groups 2008-11-01 Staff Writer <strong>RETAIL<br /> Heading for the sales</strong><br /> Mervyns may have pointed the finger of bankruptcy blame at its private equity-backers but the California discount chain hasn't been able to overcome the reality of 2008: that retail is
4 min read · 22 January 2013
Good-bye, and good pot 2008-11-01 Staff Writer <strong>“It's not based on any particular data point. We just wanted to choose a really large number.”</strong><strong>“We need to stop the tide of history from engulfng us.”</strong>How the US Treasury decided it needed $700 billion to r
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Going underground 2008-11-01 Staff Writer Calling all private equity firms with imagination: one of London's most unusual properties has gone up for sale.<br /> <br /> UK telephone company BT is selling secret tunnels that run right under the heart of London. The Kingsway Tunnels, as they are k
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Harvesting the trophies 2008-11-01 Staff Writer Much of the private equity real estate industry is rubbing its hands in glee at the distressed opportunities ahead. There are some players, however, that are faring less well. Broadway Partners has found itself to be one of them.<br /> <br /> Afte
2 min read · 22 January 2013
(Lack of) cash is king 2008-11-01 Staff Writer The private equity real estate industry is facing a raft of challenges and opportunities that do not stem directly from property supply and demand. Instead, cash flow, or lack of it, is driving this market.<br /> <br /> Access to cash is the most i
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Regulators' recent remarks have heightened confusion about how to value portfolios in today’s volatile economic climate, writes Andy Thomson.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The $38.3bn pension has committed $50m apiece to Blackstone, GI Partners and Edgewater. The fund also said it is cooperating in a federal investigation into an alleged kickback scheme.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
