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Friday Letter Calm before the stormThe 2010 PERE 30 ranking produced little by the way of significant movement from last year’s list with large capital closings few and far between. But next year’s table stands to provide a different picture entirely.
- Friday Letter Running the numbers
At last week’s PERE Forum: Asia in Hong Kong, the conference’s delegates added their voices to those heard on stage. Thanks to technology, we can tell you what the approximately 250 delegates said.
- Friday Letter The changing face of PERE 30
Wall Street’s retreat from the world of private equity real estate is manifest in this year’s PERE 30 ranking http://admin.perenews.com/Article.aspx?aID=0&article=60910The ranking also demonstrates how firms closer to the private equity world are beginning to fill the void.
- Friday Letter China's inner ring road
International private equity real estate firms operating in China are today seeing better deals as liquidity tightens in the country, but they need capital if they’re to take advantage.
- Friday Letter MSREI's parental approval
The private equity real estate division celebrated this week’s approval from investors to extend the investment period of its latest opportunity fund. But the nod from the parent Morgan Stanley bank was highly important too.
- Friday Letter Going, going, gone
Most of the legacy real estate fund businesses sponsored by financial institutions have disappeared from this year’s PERE 30 ranking, while strategic shifts and large older vintage funds do not bode well for the remaining bank-sponsored platforms.
- Friday Letter To dip or not to dip
A long-time New York real estate operator is pondering the launch of its first commingled investment fund. The wisdom of testing new waters during the current fundraising environment, however, is debatable.
- MSREF targets US debt deals
After closing its latest opportunity fund on $4.7bn, Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing believes the US debt space will be an marketplace for the firm. MSREI’s head of Americas and global head of debt investing speaks to PERE.
- EDITOR'S LETTER: Ready, willing and able
PERE magazine June issue 2010
- BLUEPRINT: G7 game plan
In investing its $4.7 billion G7 fund, Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing says it will be more disciplined and targeted in the deals it sources. The US, Western Europe and Japan will be the fund’s primary focus. PERE magazine June 2010