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Gray, Grayken, Quille or dark horse?Three industry titans vie for one prestigious PERE award. Have you cast your vote? Polls close on 3 February for the third annual PERE Global Awards and competition is fierce. Will MGPA or GIC take the Asian firm of the year award. Will Niam/Goldman Sachs beat competition from AIG for European exit of the year?
- You’ve chosen the finalists, now pick the winners
Final voting has started for the third annual Global PERE Awards. Will Blackstone retain its title as global firm of the year or will MGPA, LaSalle, Carlyle or Lone Star steal its thunder? The readers of PERE will now decide.
- Will Blackstone be re-crowned global PERE firm of the year?
Final voting has started for the third annual Global PERE Awards. Will Blackstone retain its title as global firm of the year or will MGPA, LaSalle, Carlyle or Lone Star steal its thunder. Who will clinch the title for global industry figure of the year - Jim Quille, John Gray, Michael Pralle, John Grayken or Neel Kashkari? Only you can decide.
- Sun Capital to cut 10% of workforce
The Florida-based firm joins several other high-profile private equity firms that have cut back on staff to control costs amid recession, including Blackstone and Carlyle. Sun invested alongside Lubert-Adler in US retailer Mervyns, which last year filed for bankruptcy.
- Ex-Blackstone, Starwood principals buy London office
Crosstree Real Estate Partners, the private equity real estate firm launched by Nick Lyle and Sean Arnold earlier this year, has made early inroads into the prime London market with the purchase of a Mayfair office/hotel property from Aviva for £155 million.
- Lone Star completes purchase of £900m Lloyds loan book
The Dallas-based private equity and real estate investment firm announced today it had closed on its acquisition of a mortgage-backed loan portfolio from the UK government-backed bank.
- Barclays to sell €1bn German residential portfolio
The global investment bank is looking to sell a 26,000-unit German residential portfolio owned by BauBeCon. The Blackstone Group is reported to be one of the interested parties looking to buy.
- Rock the vote
Polls open today for the 2011Global PERE Awards. Now is the time for you, our loyal readers, to determine which firms and individuals stood out from the crowd this past year.
- Lehman matches Equity Residential’s Archstone bid
The estate of the former Wall Street banking giant has exercised its right of first offer and matched the bid made by the Sam Zell-led REIT. Lehman also is suing co-owners Bank of America and Barclays for breach of contract.
- Blackstone to acquire 16 distressed US office properties
The New York private equity giant is in talks with Morgan Stanley to take control of a portfolio of office properties that serves as collateral for previously-purchased mezzanine debt.