A partnership led by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund has purchased a controlling stake in a 1.25 million-square-foot office tower that houses Morgan Stanley and Blackstone.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
Lynda Shillaw, currently a managing director of corporate real estate at Lloyds Banking Group, will join the £138 billion UK asset manager on 1 January.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Walbrook Capital, a London private investment firm started by former Barclays Capital bankers, has acquired a minority stake in Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency from shareholder, Irish Life.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Sanum Investments is allegedly fighting to safeguard its investments and staff, warning others about the risks for foreign investors in the country.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
High return expectations for opportunistic real estate funds are out of place in the current environment – and that could be worrisome for managers and investors alike, according to a new report by PwC and ULI.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
The San Francisco-based real estate firm is looking to buy a 1.1 million-square-foot mixed-used asset from Brookfield Office Properties for approximately $207 million.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
Private equity and real estate firms are asking limited partners for terms that would allow for the renegotiation of fund agreements in the event carry’s tax treatment changes.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
The Los Angeles-based alternative asset manager’s securitisation of nonperforming loans is the first for the firm – and just the third to have occurred in the market.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
The $84.2 billion pension plan’s commitment to Evergreen Real Estate Partners represents its latest investment in private real estate operating companies.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
How one US pension plan is revising the definition of a ‘commingled’ fund to speed up investment
2 min read · 17 January 2013