As private equity real estate fund managers and institutional investors meet in Chicago for the fall Pension Real Estate Association conference, many say waiting is the best strategy.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Canton Property Investment has revealed its founder and executive chairman Keng Wong is ‘uncontactable’ as it also admitted to funding problems. Shares in the company, which is developing real estate projects in a southern part of China, have been suspended.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The US Senate has approved the $700bn financial bail-out plan allowing the US Treasury to buy distressed assets in the form of securities backed by home mortgages. The US House of Representatives is expected to vote on the bill Friday.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Though property prices in Japan are reaching new heights, Japanese property developers are falling to new lows. By Dave Keating
5 min read · 22 January 2013
Some property investors have been spooked by Russia's military intervention in Georgia. Even spookier, GPs are now beginning to see ‘distress’ in the Russian real estate market. By Robin Marriott
4 min read · 22 January 2013
The multifamily residential market in the US has seen considerable investment activity in the past few months and deals in the sector show no signs of slowing down.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The private equity real estate firm founded by former Grubb & Ellis chairman Anthony Thompson has been in aggressive expansion mode with several new hires in the past four months.
5 min read · 22 January 2013
The $23 billion Employees Retirement System of Texas is looking to allocate eight percent of its pot to real estate, just as other US pensions are committing fresh capital to private equity real estate vehicles.
4 min read · 22 January 2013
With a thriving economy, the Nordic region has seen a rush of investment over the past several years. But as the stellar yields of three years ago have fallen, investors are starting to look at new strategies for growth. By Dave Keating
10 min read · 22 January 2013
Indian property funds have popped up everywhere recently, but some are speculating that the flow of investment into India could slow down. with all the capital that's yet to be invested, one wonders whether that may be a good thing. By Dave Keating
6 min read · 22 January 2013
