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Marvel at DCPartners Group has launched what it describes as the first private markets fund designed for UK defined contribution pension schemes. Other firms will likely follow.
- Valad hires two more senior execs for Euro push
The London-based real estate investment manager has recruited Tomas Beck as head of Nordics and Dennis Börgel as head of German business development, following the hire of Audrey Klein as head of equity in May.
- Blackstone sells Hawaii Hyatt for $780m
The private equity giant made more than $200 million on the property, according to media reports.
- CBRE appoints Astier as Italian capital markets MD
The Los Angeles-based property services firm has appointed Alexandre Astier as managing director of its Italian capital markets business at a time when heavy-hitters in the private equity real estate sector are paying particularly close attention to the country’s banking system.
- Ivanhoe’s Tresham: bit about courage, lot about heart
At this year’s PERE Europe Summit 2016, senior editor Jonathan Brasse sat down with Bill Tresham, president of Canadian investment giant Ivanhoe Cambridge to hear how the world’s ninth largest institutional investor, with assets under management of around $55 million, is navigating today’s private real estate marketplace.
- PERE Europe: ‘Glimmer of hope’ for smaller firms
The panel at the PERE Europe Summit 2016, held at London's Langham Hotel, believed that despite tough conditions, small and medium-sized firms can thrive if they are smart.
- Barrack: ‘Everybody talks about scale’
Colony Capital has agreed to merge with two NorthStar companies to form what would become the fifth largest global real estate manager in the world.
- EQT's rise: ‘Culture eats strategy for breakfast’
EQT has been doing a lot of things right recently – diversifying and majoring in technology – but the secret of its current success lies in its roots.
- Brookfield launches core-plus business – Exclusive
The Toronto-based alternative asset manager is rolling out a new fund and also has tapped an executive to head up the strategy.
- OPERS commits $400m to Blackstone secondaries fund
The pension system is backing the fund which Blackstone set up to acquire real estate stakes from the California Public Employees’ Retirement System.