With the market dislocation ringing in the ears of general partners and the denominator effect impacting investors, the real estate secondaries market is set to expand five-fold over the next two years, with up to $5bn of trades expected each year. Experts argue it could eventually be half the size of the $15bn private equity secondaries market. By Zoe Hughes
7 min read · 22 January 2013
Ex-AIG hotels head Keith Lindsay has joined Central Eastern European developer and asset manager Orco to run its hospitality division.
6 min read · 22 January 2013
Private equity real estate firms globally raised $40bn during the first half of 2008, according to proprietary data from PERE magazine. This tally puts GPs on course to raise more than the record-breaking totals of last year. During the first six months of 2007, private equity real estate firms raised $30bn in capital.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Alternative assets managed by the world’s top 99 investment managers on behalf of pension funds grew by 40 percent over the past year, according to consulting firm Watson Wyatt.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Alternative assets managed by the world’s top 99 investment managers on behalf of pension funds grew by 40 percent over the past year, according to consulting firm Watson Wyatt. Real estate managers occupied the top nine positions, managing 62 percent of pension fund assets.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The New York Common Retirement Fund, the third largest in the US, has made public recent commitments to CVC Capital Partners’s recently closed mega-fund and Leichtman Capital Partners mid-market fund, which is targeting $1bn.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The number of funds targeting less than $1 billion of equity commitments has increased by almost one fifth to 128 in the first quarter of this year, with managers’ focus firmly pointed towards Asian real estate, according to research by New York-based fund of funds Clerestory Capital Partners.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing’s firm will mainly focus on the main cities in China, Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia, but also look to Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. With leverage, ARA has a potential $5bn to invest.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The UK government-backed fund of funds has invested in funds from IDFC, Actis and Kotak.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Since last summer, equity sponsors and their investors have renewed their emphasis on emerging markets with vigor.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
