Though property sales are healthy in Japan, the balance sheets of many Japanese developers are not.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The US’ third largest public pension has disclosed commitments in a mix of private equity and real estate funds, including two Lone Star funds.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The international property investor is seeking to raise $350m for a US opportunity fund and more than $200m for a vehicle targeting both the US and Europe.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Former IBM chief Louis Gerstner will step down as the global private equity and real estate firm’s chairman after five years. He will remain a senior advisor to the firm’s Asia, Europe, Japan and US buyout funds.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The $72.3bn US pension joins a raft of North American funds recording losses for the year to June 30. Once again real estate was the best performing asset class returning 8.74%, followed by fixed income and private equity.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Teachers’ Retirement System is reviewing its real estate allocations for the next five years as part of an annual review of commitments. The pension fund will also focus more effort on emerging managers.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The Los Angeles-based private equity real estate firm spent one month raising capital for its distressed credit fund, raising a total of $900m from existing investors. The fund is expected to invest in distressed property debt and operating companies with strong real estate components.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Development, agricultural or beachfront-land is proving the next hottest commodity for private equity real estate.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The publicly listed investment firm also disclosed in its second quarter earnings call that it is nearing its $2.5bn target on a private equity-style credit fund – yet its fundraising pace has dropped more than 70 percent compared to the same period last year.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The New York-based private equity real estate firm is in the final stages of closing its third European real estate fund, Blackstone Real Estate Partners Europe III. The firm is also raising a distressed real estate fund led by former Merrill Lynch Americas real estate head, Mike Nash.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
