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Blackstone, TPG to buy former Lehman mortgage unitThe two private equity firms have combined to buy UK company, Acenden Mortgage Servicing Solutions, formerly known as Capstone.
- PERE: fundraising set for record $115bn in 2014
Real estate fundraising for the whole of last year is tipped to beat 2013 to become the strongest fundraising year since the global financial crisis.
- COMMENT: What we saw, what we see
In our final Friday Letter of the year, we select 10 things that happened in the private real estate investment universe during the last 12 months that we believe were indicative of things to come in the next 12.
- Blackstone makes €100m Dublin investment
The New York firm has bought The Atrium in the Irish capital for its BREP Europe IV fund.
- Blackstone invests S$367m in Singapore’s Sentosa Island
The Tactical Opportunities division of Blackstone has invested in a unique investment platform from which returns are based on the cashflows of a portfolio of assets located in Singapore’s Sentosa island.
- GIC buys office building in Brazil
The Singaporean sovereign wealth fund has made its first wholly-owned direct real estate investment in Latin America with the purchase of an under-construction office building in Brazil.
- GLP expands to US via $8.1bn IndCor deal
The Singapore-listed logistics real estate investment and development firm has expanded to the US by buying the majority share of the IndCor business from Blackstone.
- EXCLUSIVE: Blackstone raises $1.7bn for core-plus fund
The New York-based private equity and real estate firm has held a first closing on its debut core-plus property fund and identified the first two deals for the vehicle.
- EXCLUSIVE: Blackstone set for record $5bn Asia final close
The New York-based private equity real estate giant is less than a fortnight away from a final close of its record-breaking maiden private real estate investment fund for Asia.
- Blackstone wraps up $8.1bn Indcor sale to GIC
Plans by the New York-based private equity real estate giant to list its US mega sheds portfolio now canned as sale to the Singapore sovereign wealth fund is announced.