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Friday Letter Clash of the TitansEveryone likes a good cliffhanger, be it on the silver screen or in the trenches of the the biggest private equity real estate deal of all time. The hallmark of a suspenseful story, of course, is that you never know what’s going to happen next.
- Friday Letter What liquidity crisis?
A flood of capital from the developing economies will have a bigger effect on private equity real estate than any credit crunch.
- Friday Letter A big year for fundraising
The year won’t end for two more weeks, but PERE can safely deliver this bit of news – 2007 was the biggest fundraising year yet for private equity real estate.
- Friday Letter The Night Before Christmas
(At a Private Equity Real Estate Firm With Founder Economics)
- Friday Letter The super seventies
For those who thought 2006 was a knockout year for private equity real estate fundraising, hold on to your socks. The year just passed marked a new milestone.
- Friday Letter MIPIM in mind
It’s that time of year again: get ready for one of the wildest real estate shindigs on the planet.
- Friday Letter The denominator effect
Before you take Blackstone’s new $10.9 billion private equity real estate fund close as a sign that 2008 is due to be another record-breaking year for fundraising, consider some inconvenient truths.
- Friday Letter The Dubliners
Irish private property companies – sometimes called the Irish ‘buyaspora’ - have been investing successfully overseas for years. Now these astute investors are gearing up for the next step by forming private equity-style funds.
- Friday Letter Thirty to watch
When we decided to rank the 30 largest private equity real estate firms in the world, we knew it would be no mean feat. Well, we did it, and here they are: Introducing the PERE30 http://www.peimedia.com/pere30_2008
- Friday Letter Binging on debt
US firms with international operations are raising debt funds in Europe in the hopes there will be enough supply to satisfy them.