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EXCLUSIVE: BlackRock plots $1bn Asia opportunistic fundThe New York-based asset management giant BlackRock is preparing the launch of its first opportunistic real estate fund since taking over MGPA in October 2013.
- IDFC sells to Blackstone amid RE strategy overhaul
The Mumbai-based asset manager has also cancelled plans to raise a commercial real estate fund and is looking to focus its energies the residential sector instead.
- German investors pump $151bn into RE over past decade
Over the last 10 years, German institutional capital sources have pumped more money into overseas markets than North American, Middle East and Asian investors, according to Jones Lang LaSalle
- Chart of the Week: Top Fund in Each Region – H1 2014
Europe had the largest fund to close so far for 2014
- Blackstone, TPG buy UK resi lender
The Tactical Opportunities business of Blackstone and TPG Capital’s Special Situations Partners group have bought Kensington, the specialty UK residential mortgage lender, in a sector that has just witnessed its highest monthly lending figure since August 2008
- Chart of the Week: Opportunistic Fundraising – H1 2014
Europe leads all other regions in H1 2014
- Brookfield’s Thayer buys Florida hotel for $535m
The recently-acquired hospitality firm has purchased the Westin Diplomat Resort &Spa in Hollywood, Florida, as well as several adjacent parcels.
- Illinois Teachers allocates $850m to RE
Of that amount, the $45.3 billion pension plan expects to commit $550 million to commingled funds as part of its new fiscal year 2015 tactical investment plan for the asset class.
- Milestone exits logistics park investment
The Mumbai-based private equity firm has made its fourth exit from its first rental yield fund.
- Chart of the Week: Percentage of European Capital Raised
European capital takes a bigger chunk of total capital each year