PEI Media’s sister publication, PERE magazine, recent sat down to speak with Keith O’Donnell, the global head of real estate at Taxand, to discuss the grand tax themes shaping the industry. From crackdowns on abuse of tax treaties to attacks on interest deductibility of intra-company loans and the taxation of debt investments, there is plenty to concern private fund managers.
6 min read · 21 January 2013
The Indochina investment firm says it has capitalised on a distressed seller situation as it buys a pair of residential towers in Ho Chi Minh City.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The Chicago-based firm says it has acquired 29 percent of all out-of-town retail assets sold over the last 12 months in Britain.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The Houston-based developer and fund manager has teamed with the real estate arm of the National Bank of Abu Dhabi as it seeks to increase its exposure to the region.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The US private equity firm has arranged a €172.5 million bank facility with Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The Hospitality Development Fund hopes to raise $1bn to invest in development projects, hospitality and entertainment companies in Asia and the MENA region.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
In the year to the end of June 2009, opportunistic real estate funds returned -50.3% to investors, compared to -34.4% for closed-ended value-added funds, according to the latest NCREIF/Townsend performance figures.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
Germany’s largest insurer is planning to invest in US real estate once the banks trigger distressed sales, according to boss Paul Achleitner.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Together with private equity firm MBH Enterprises, Scott Roth, Patti Unti and Jimmy Parsley have created Ventras and marked their first deal by buying 12 management contracts from Capmark.
3 min read · 21 January 2013
The private equity and real estate firm has fallen short of its target, but raised 35% more than Fund II.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
