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Next in lineMassMutual’s Cornerstone Real Estate Advisors is a good bet as the next firm to grow in the private real estate investing space through a large corporate acquisition.
- Ares in AREA takeover
The takeover sees Ares finally confirm itself as “a significant player” in the private equity real estate market following prior links with large corporate acquisitions.
- Friday Letter Surprise at the finish
For six months, speculation has mounted regarding the future of ING Real Estate Investment Management (REIM). After being put on the block by its Dutch insurance company parent in June, questions raged about whether ING REIM would be split up according to its respective regions or whether there was a firm hungry – and big – enough to take it over whole.
- TPG in final bidding for ING REIM
KKR, Vornado have bowed out of the running to buy the real estate investment management platform, as TPG, CBRE, Jones Lang LaSalle and Ares Capital Management make it through to the final round of bidding.
- Surprise at the finish
The race for ING REIM nears a conclusion with TPG, CBRE, Jones Lang LaSalle and Ares Capital Management all submitting final bids. Some of the finalists, though, have come as a surprise to the industry.
- Fear of an ILPA planet
David Snow explores why some GPs are so freaked out over a set of guidelines.
- Report: IndyMac sought PE help before failure
The California bank, which was taken over by the government earlier this month, approached several private equity firms in search of rescue capital but found no takers.
- Lone Star, KKR square off in grocery bankruptcy
Lone Star has a plan to keep total control of bankrupt US grocer Bi-Lo outside of bankruptcy, while a lending group that includes KKR wants to split control of the company. Bi-Lo operates 215 stores in the southeastern US.
- Denominator effect may be ‘overstated’
As LPs struggle to deal with their own liquidity issues, real estate secondaries specialist Landmark Partners says many limited partners may be missing the ‘ultimate’ investment opportunity.
- New Mexico SIC suspends alternative investing
New Mexico’s governor Bill Richardson ordered the state’s $11.8bn oil and gas endowment to suspend investing in private equity and real estate while the endowment reviews investment recommendations made by Aldus Equity. Recommended commitments to Landmark Equity, Newstone Capital, Veronis Suhler Stevenson and Ares Management will have to go through a 'vetting' process again.