The asset management division of Aviva has hired two asset managers to join the firm’s UK Retail Property Funds team.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
As political scrutiny of private equity intensifies in Europe, EVCA has appointed Jonathan Russell, buyout chief of FTSE 100-listed 3i, to its chair this year. The executive is accustomed to the glare of the public spotlight.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The private equity firm launched by former Grubb and Ellis chairman Anthony Thompson hires ex-Renaissance Senior Living exec Lauri Schutz as the fund’s chief financial officer.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The California pension saw its alternative investment program return 5.3 percent, while public equities languished. Real estate investments returned 1.6 percent for the pension.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The private equity firm has hired Merrill chief operating officer Laurence Tosi to replace long-time partner Michael Puglisi, who will stay on as a senior managing director.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The number of property transactions fell by 46 percent in the first quarter of 2008 compared to the same time last year, with deals in the Americas down by two-thirds. Asia was the only part of the world to see an increase.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
Could the surplus of buyers making a mad dash to scoop up limited distressed opportunities actually emerge as a solution to the liquidity crisis?
2 min read · 22 January 2013
David Broderick, who served as senior legal counsel at Lehman’s Global Real Estate Group, has left the Wall Street firm for 'magic circle' firm Allen and Overy.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The sale of Colony’s iconic Singapore hotel by Raffles to a consortium led by a former Credit Suisse banker has been scrapped.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
As private equity real estate firms around the world expand and evolve, economics sharing and questions of succession will continue to be at the forefront in shaping general partnership agreements. By Eva Poon
7 min read · 22 January 2013
