The US industry body, the Real Estate Roundtable, said the US government’s $700bn plan to buy-up troubled mortgage-related assets had a high ‘price tag,’ but argued that it was the best way forward.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Singapore’s largest sovereign fund has increased its investments in private equity and real estate in recent years – a trend likely to continue owing to the turmoil in the financial markets. The change was revealed as part of its first performance report, which also shed rare light into the GIC’s structure.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Following the launch of its $1bn real estate debt vehicle, the Bahrain-based investment firm has appointed former JP Morgan and Bear Stearns professional, Christopher Hoeffel, to help grow its debt investment business.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The Illinois State Universities Retirement System has chosen to pursue its long-term private equity target allocation through continued investment while other LPs are pulling back on the asset class in an effort to combat over-weighting.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Palo Alto, California-based Norwest Venture Partners has hired long-time technology executive Dror Nahumi to support the firm as it moves to deploy increased capital in Israeli technology.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Carlyle co-founder said he and other private equity players would be among the biggest buyers of the distressed mortgage- and real estate-related assets set to be acquired by the US governments’ $700bn financial rescue plan.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Robert Zerbst will step down from the real estate investment firm at the end of the year after more than a decade with CBRE. He will continue as advisor to CEO Vance Maddocks. Zerbst founded Peidmont Realty and was a former partner at RREEF.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
An affiliate of the Washington DC-based private equity real estate firm has unveiled PRC Securities, which will raise funds for Perseus Realty and third party real estate vehicles targeting the middle market.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
A survey of UK pension fund trustees has found that more than a quarter are planning to increase allocations to commercial real estate, while around half will maintain their exposure over the medium term.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
The world’s sovereign wealth funds are expected to allocate up to 30 percent, or around $218 billion, of new investments in unlisted property funds over the next seven years, according to a report by CB Richard Ellis. It comes as Bahrain-based Investcorp launches a $1bn real estate debt vehicle with an unnamed Gulf sovereign wealth fund as an investor.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
