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JPMorgan sees more turnover – ExclusiveFour capital raisers are the latest to leave the New York-based financial services firm’s global real assets group, following a number of departures last year.
- Blackstone holds $7.1bn BREP Europe V close
A final close for the fund is understood to be currently slated for the second quarter.
- Jones Day hires partner to lead Paris RE team
The London-based law firm has recruited one of French real estate’s best-known lawyers from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
- KTCU reveals two RE fund investments
The Korean pension fund committed to the RE debt funds of Blackstone and Brookfield last year.
- GIC to buy $1bn US office portfolio
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund is teaming up with an investor group led by Beacon Capital Partners to acquire three complexes in the Washington, DC area.
- Introducing SoftBank, the world’s largest private equity firm
SoftBank is run by one of Japan’s more eccentric, visionary chief executives. Its arrival into the world of private equity has been suitably dramatic.
- Blackstone picks up €233m French logistics portfolio
The New York-based asset management giant has acquired a 3 million square foot portfolio comprising seven assets, all located within France’s key ‘north-south logistics corridor’ between Paris and Lyon.
- To do: raise a $40bn infra fund
Why the biggest name in private equity wants to get back into infrastructure.
- Capital & Regional appoints Blackstone’s Hutchings as CEO
The UK-focused real estate investment trust (REIT) has appointed former Blackstone executive Lawrence Hutchings as chief executive, following 12 months of succession planning.
- US government to more carefully scrutinize foreign RE buys
Kirkland & Ellis’ head of national security cautions a pan-agency governing body that reviews foreign investment across industries could change its focus under the new president.