Quilvest, the Argentinean family office which made its money from the famous Quilmes beer brand, is taking its first steps into private equity real estate through the launch of a $250m fund of funds.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The Canadian pension’s goal is to shift its private equity portfolio to 80% direct investments from the current 35%. The pension has been a direct investor in infrastructure and real estate for many years through its Borealis Infrastructure and Oxford Properties direct investment teams.
3 min read · 21 January 2013
The wide variety of reporting methods used by GPs in real estate has caused LPs to increase their data requests three-fold, a senior partner at Ernst & Young contends.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
Jeff Giller has now left the San Francisco-based secondaries shop after four years with the firm.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
Four investors, including Danish pension fund PenSam, committed more than €100m to Sparinvest Property Fund II. The fund will target UK property funds first.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
An investment firm part-owned by the Kuwait Investment Authority is eyeing China for returns of between 15%-19%.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
PERE's European editor Robin Marriott has just returned from Munich with some interesting notes on the secondaries market, and a briefing sheet from Landmark Partners.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
PERE is at the Expo Real property trade show in Munich this week. Here, our European editor Robin Marriott gives his initial observations.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The university is offloading investments including private equity and real estate to raise cash, according to the Wall Street Journal.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
Jeff Giller is leaving the San Francisco-based secondaries firm after four years. Josh Cleveland and Brendan MacDonald have already left. The departure triggers a key man clause in Liquid’s $570m LRP Fund IV.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
