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Walker transparency drive targets large buyoutsSir David Walker has published his recommendations on how UK private equity must improve transparency. The consultative report focuses on three areas: annual reporting by large portfolio companies; annual reporting by GPs, and the co-ordination of industry-wide performance data.
- Blackstone, Fortress stocks hit new lows
Bleak economic data has sent US stock markets tumbling – taking Blackstone and Fortress along with – one day before markets close for the Thanksgiving holiday.
- Funds forever
Private equity real estate firms are increasingly looking towards permanent capital vehicles to boost their funding base. But despite the dollars to be had, it's not all wine and roses. By Aaron Lovell
- AIC endorses Walker reporting guidelines for all large companies
The Association of Investment Companies, a UK trade body, has recommended the Walker report’s guidelines should be extended to all large companies because the regulations should not solely target private equity.
- A year to remember
For the first time, PERE commemorates the people, firms and deals that shaped the past year in the global private equity real estate industry. And what a year it was.
- Shopping for real estate
Private equity firms are circling the supermarket group Sainsbury's and putting the spotlight on companies with large property assets. By Robin Marriott
- Buying your own debt
Owning the debt in your own transaction sounds interesting if you can buy it at a discount. But do the banks want to play ball? By Robin Marriott
- An antipodean opportunity
Recent Australian private equity real estate deals like Investa Properties and Multiplex have put property on the map Down Under. Could domestic investors be losing the country's best opportunities to foreign firms? By Dave Keating
- KSL swings into Europe
Private equity firm KSL Capital Partners, which owns 180 clubs and resorts in the US, is launching a European platform. By Robin Marriott
- Obama tops McCain in private equity support
US presidential candidate John McCain has come under fire by the Service Employees International Union for his ties to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts founder Henry Kravis. However, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, it is McCain’s Democratic rival Barack Obama that is pulling in the most money from the private equity industry.