If Washington increases the tax on carried interest, private real estate investors and REITs could take a big hit. By Aaron Lovell
5 min read · 22 January 2013
Foxtons, the UK estate agency owned by global buyout group BC Partners, is having a tough time amid the housing market slowdown. Investment bankers from NM Rothschild are reportedly being asked to advise on a refinancing of the company’s £250m debt package.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Foxtons, the UK estate agency owned by global buyout group BC Partners, is having a tough time amid the housing market slowdown. Investment bankers from NM Rothschild are reportedly being asked to advise on a refinancing of the company’s £250m debt package.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Creating a dedicated website explaining the firm’s approach to corporate responsibility is just another natural step in the evolution of a private equity firm, says Patrick Dunne, the global firm’s communications director.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Investors from outside Europe, including private equity real estate firms, could be affected by an amendment to Germany's Foreign Trade Act approved today. The ruling is aimed at sovereign wealth funds but lawyers say it complicates private equity-style investing.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The $72.3bn US pension joins a raft of North American funds recording losses for the year to June 30. Once again real estate was the best performing asset class returning 8.74%, followed by fixed income and private equity.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
It may seem an odd time to be ramping up exposure to the fund administration industry, but to those involved in real estate it makes perfect sense.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Private equity now makes up 11 percent of the Canadian pension’s capital under management, which has grown to nearly $128bn. The CPPIB has narrowly bucked the loss-making trend among North American pension funds, recording a 1 percent total return on investments in the three months ended in June.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Canadian pension bucks the loss-making trend among North American pension funds returning one percent on its investments in the three months to June this year. The pension’s real estate allocation now stands at 5.6%, or $7.2bn. Infrastructure makes up 2.6%, or $3.3bn, of its portfolio.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The $2.7bn Fresno County Employees’ Retirement Association has increased its exposure to private equity and real estate while launching a new ‘real asset’ allocation, which includes infrastructure.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
