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Gaw Capital raises first $700m for Fund V – ExclusiveThe Hong Kong-based private equity real estate firm already has deals lined up for approximately one-third of the fund’s capital raised so far.
- CIC backs $546.7m Chicago office purchase
China Investment Corporation is back in US real estate for the first time since its 2010 debut with its second-ever US purchase.
- Chart of the week: Indian venture capital makes a comeback
A record year for Indian venture capital as closed-ended funds raise $3.55 billion of capital in 2015.
- Blackstone promotes Heady to APAC chairman
Blackstone’s head of real estate Christopher Heady has been promoted to chairman amid a number of changes in the firm’s management structure in the region.
- State Street buys GE Asset Management
The deal gives State Street $3.6 billion in real estate assets under management, a small slice of the platform’s total alternative investments.
- Dexus sweetens Investa Office Fund offer
Just days after losing a court battle to prevent the fund's majority shareholder from voting against its proposed takeover, the Australian real estate company has upped the ante with improved economic terms for shareholders.
- CIC forms RE dept, doubles allocation – Exclusive
China’s sovereign wealth fund is understood to have pumped resources into the new division in an effort to grow a real estate portfolio that could end up being worth as much as $74 billion.
- Anbang walks away from Starwood
Marriott International is the winner in the weeks-long bidding war between the insurer and the hotel chain, according to The Wall Street Journal.
- ADIA JV makes takeover bid for Brazilian RE firm
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and GP Investments have made their bid official to take over BR Properties, one of Brazil’s largest publicly-traded real estate companies.
- Texas Municipal commits $375m to RE
The Austin-based fund backed Blackstone and DivcoWest at its most recent board meeting.