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Anglo Irish Bank to sell $9.65bn US portfolioThe distressed Dublin-based bank is entertaining bids for a portfolio of 248 loans backed by properties across the US from such private equity real estate firms as Blackstone, KKR and Westbrook.
- PERE FORUM EUROPE: KKR identifies first Euro RE deals
Ralph Rosenberg, the recently appointed global head of real estate at New York-based private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts, told delegates on the first day of this year’s PERE Forum: Europe, that the firm had identified four investments in the region it was considering pursuing.
- Credit Suisse’s Brennan to join Carlyle
Jessica Hoffman Brennan will join former Credit Suisse private equity and real estate executives Michael Arpey and Alok Gaur on Carlyle’s investor relations team, which now has about 20 staff.
- Warburg in $100m Indian logistics deal
The US private equity firm will make its fourth Indian investment in the past 12 months in NDR Group, one of the largest warehouse providers in India.
- KSL buys Miami’s Royal Palm for $130m
Ex-KKR affiliate KSL Capital Partners has announced the purchase of an historic hotel on Miami’s South Beach area. The announcement comes one week after it emerged the leisure-focused firm had raised $1.5 billion for its third opportunity investment fund.
- SEC considers extending registration deadline
The deadline for most private equity firms to register with the US Securities and Exchange Commission has been set for 21 July this year, but may be extended to the first quarter of 2012, according to a letter from the government agency.
- KSL collects $1.5bn for Fund III
The firm, a former affiliate of KKR that employs a hybrid real estate and private equity investment strategy, will be close to hitting its hard cap of $2bn by summer.
- KKR’s Rosenberg sets sights on growing RE team
In an exclusive interview with PERE, Ralph Rosenberg, managing director and head of real estate at buyout titan Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts, described the firm’s plans for sector growth. Key to KKR, will be the division’s integration with its other ‘industry verticals’.
- Apollo shows growth in $480m IPO filing
The Leon Black-led firm has $10bn of dry powder for private equity investments and has spent about half of its $14.7bn seventh fund, which closed in 2008.
- TPG buys stake in VTB for $100m
The firm is participating in a $3.3bn public offering for a 10% stake in the Russian state-owned bank, which manages a Russian real estate fund among its businesses.