A challenging fundraising environment is separating the “haves” from the “have nots” among fund managers, but capital raisers can still attract investors if they play their cards right, according to a group of panellists at the PERE Forum in New York.
3 min read · 18 January 2013
The veteran fundraiser, who spent time in Citi’s placement business and Credit Suisse’s fund of funds group, has joined the bank's RREEF alternative investments group.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The Sao Paulo-based real estate investment management firm has reached its hard cap for its second real estate fund.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The Toronto and New York-based alternative asset manager has continued its expansion of its European team with the hire of the former Jones Lang LaSalle head of indirect investment.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The Chicago-based firm has opted not to seek an extension to the investment period of its $3 billion LaSalle Asia Opportunity Fund III in favour of bringing a successor fund to the market.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The San Francisco-based firm has purchased a $25 million commitment to Buchanan Street Partners' fifth fund, the $400 million Buchanan Fund V, in its first secondary acquisition since the start of the global financial crisis.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Aviva’s head of real estate client relations for North America will leave at the end of the year.
1 min read · 18 January 2013
In addition to hiring Rennyson Merritt as a partner in Boston, the Merrill Lynch private placement spinout has added six other professionals to its team recently.
1 min read · 18 January 2013
Opportunistic real estate funds have hit a total target of $76 billion, according to research by New York-based Clerestory Capital Partners.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Fund managers are running out of time to deploy existing capital, but the pressure to invest could drive more activity among opportunistic players.
3 min read · 18 January 2013
