As musician and campaigner Bob Geldof launches a $1bn private equity fund, his long-time ally in philanthropy, Bono, is learning that limited partners demand results.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
Carlyle’s real estate fund invests equity alongside its buyout fund for the €480m purchase of B&B Hotel Group
2 min read · 24 January 2013
St Martins, the UK real estate investment arm of sovereign wealth fund, the Kuwait Investment Authority, is to switch its investment strategy to focus on trophy assets. In so doing, it plans to offload £900m of real estate currently on its books.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The US state’s $63bn pension, which has not made a commitment since 2008, currently has a 7% private equity target.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The London-based investment and asset management firm, led by CEO Ian Hally, has made three senior hires for its Asia business including Daniel McDonald as head of fund management, Asia Pacific real estate.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The $27.4bn endowment will keep eyeing secondaries sales and acquisitions, after reporting a 2.7% real estate loss in the past year. Real estate, though, would be one of the 'most interesting' opportunities over the next few years.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The China Investment Corporation launched a recruitment drive recently as it expands overseas, but only wants Chinese Communist Party members that are good at keeping secrets. PERE Magazine September 2010 issue
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The real estate equity investment arm of the US insurance group plans to invest $400m in low income housing tax credits in the next 12 to 18 months, amid plans to increase its allocation to the asset class from $2 billion to between $4 billion and $5 billion over the next two to three years.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Real estate funds currently in market have secured just 10 percent of their targeted capital commitments as LPs sense there’s no penalty in waiting to invest.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
Anders Åström, Tomas Otterud say Custor Capital will advise institutional investors and other groups on their investment programmes
1 min read · 24 January 2013
