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The slow democratisation of private equityThe challenge of getting individual investors into the asset class is spurring plenty of innovation, yet the simplest solution – listed private equity – appears to be losing its shine.
- EPP bags four retail assets from BREP Europe IV for €167m
The Amsterdam-based private equity real estate firm has added four shopping centers, totaling almost one million square feet of retail space in second-tier Polish cities.
- Invitation Homes raises $1.54bn in IPO
The new real estate investment trust is the country's largest single-family homeowner.
- Blackstone’s James: Indian office is ‘hottest market’
The president of the world’s largest alternative manager said investment opportunities in US real estate are ‘scattered.’
- Asana raises $500m for first fund – Exclusive
The two-year-old real estate fund manager hit its hard-cap in approximately nine months.
- Blackstone plotting $5bn Asia fund
The firm is reportedly readying the launch of a new Asia private real estate fund with a target of at least $5bn.
- Invitation Homes sets IPO parameters
Blackstone’s single-family rental platform has priced the shares of its 77m shares of common stock.
- Starwood enters UK student housing with £120m JV
The Greenwich, Connecticut-based private investment firm has made its debut in the UK student accommodation market after landing a 1,595-bed portfolio located in regional university cities such as Cambridge, Newcastle and Edinburgh.
- EY: Record amounts of dry powder hurt fundraising
As real estate deal volume declined in 2016, so did the amount of capital raised in the asset class, according to the London-based advisory services firm.
- Gecina appoints Ivanhoé Cambridge’s Meka Brunel as CEO
The Paris-based real estate investment trust (REIT) has hired Meka Brunel, the former president of Europe at Ivanhoé Cambridge, ahead of the listed firm’s stated push to expand its already considerable presence in the Parisian office market.