The Wall Street giant is set to bring the curtain down on its exposure to Japanese golf courses as it prepares to sell its 44.7 percent position in Accordia, the golf course operator it originally acquired in 2001.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
GIC, Centerbridge and Oaktree are also said to be bidding for the assets of the ailing Australian property investment firm.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Thomas Chan-Soo Kang has joined the firm. He will be based in Singapore, the site chosen for the New York-headquartered alternative investment firm’s third Asian office.
1 min read · 18 January 2013
The firm, founded by David Lichtenstein, is staffing up its acquisition team as it looks to target recapitalisation deals, particularly in the multifamily and retail sectors.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
HSBC is the latest global bank at which senior management in a captive private equity real estate business are separating out. It also is arguably the least well-known of them all.
4 min read · 24 January 2013
The London-based firm has acquired a package of 12 properties from private real estate firm Propinvest.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
TPG has further demonstrated its real estate ambitions with the $505m purchase of US real estate assets from global logistics giant ProLogis. The Dallas-based buyout titan has been steadily increasing its exposure to the sector.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
With year-end upon us, we examine some of the trends that have emerged this year and are likely to dominate 2011
3 min read · 24 January 2013
The bank’s asset management arm is creating a new opportunistic group within Global Real Assets and has tapped Investcorp’s co-head of real estate to lead the effort.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
As Blackstone winds up fundraising for its second special situations fund, the firm begins to look further down the risk spectrum for investments.
3 min read · 24 January 2013