Co-investment in physical real estate assets is playing an increasing role in the secondaries playbook. PERE Magazine March issue 2011
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The $14bn oil and gas endowment has been slowly getting back into private equity investing after a placement agent scandal left its programme in limbo.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
There are increasing signs that Swiss pensions funds are beginning to seek improved risk-adjusted returns by investing abroad as Pensimo Management selects Partners Group for global value-added and opportunistic mandate.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
LPs see improved security by investing with smaller, real estate-focussed fund managers than with large bulge bracket firms, delegates heard on the second day of PERE’s annual event in Hong Kong.
3 min read · 18 January 2013
The Zug, Switzerland-based firm has raised an additional €40 million for its German commercial property fund.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
With concern mounting over inflation and future jobs growth, should investors eyeing the US start asking for a risk premium on their real estate investments?
3 min read · 18 January 2013
After hitting an all-time low of just $2.7bn of new CMBS issuance in 2009, the securitisation market is expected to originate up to $15bn per quarter in new deals, with large portfolio refinancings pushing the figure up to $65bn.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Composition Capital joins the Asian Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles, bringing its membership total to 100 organisations.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Two years after being appointed to grow Pacific Star’s presence in China, Wilfred Wong has agreed a deal with the Singapore fund manager to spin its Hong Kong division out and set up his own platform. Wong’s new business is named Pinnacle State Group.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
As hundreds of billions of dollars of commercial real estate debt matures over the next few years, transaction volume will increase dramatically, not least in the US' secondary markets. Quality, however, will be key
2 min read · 18 January 2013