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2011 infrastructure fundraising previewThere will be five major groups of investors looking to raise some $80 billion for infrastructure in 2011. Where do you fit in, asks Cezary Podkul.
- Sternlicht’s Starwood soars in PERE 30
Barry Sternlicht’s Starwood Capital Group was the biggest riser in the 2010 PERE 30 ranking. Two fund closings totalling almost $2.8bn saw the private equity real estate firm launch itself from 30th place to 13th place.
- Strategic investors
Los Angeles-based CBRE Investors, the private equity investing arm of the international real estate group, recently closed its fourth diversified, USfocused value-add property vehicle.
- Capital call
Mark Dawejko and Paul Dougherty have formed Perseus Realty Partnersand a new fund focused on Washington DC.
- Capital call
Mark Dawejko and Paul Dougherty have formed Perseus Realty Partnersand a new fund focused on Washington DC.
- CCMP Asia closes $1.2bn Fund III
The Asia-focused buyout firm has wrapped up fundraising more than $1bn shy of its original target.
- A changing of the guard
Pierre Vaquier, a 14-year veteran of insurance giant AXA, has taken the helm of its institutional real estate firm, AXA REIM, and is set to announce a major strategy overhaul later this month.
- Globalizing capital
In the new world of private equity real estate investing, capital will be coming from everywhere and going everywhere, from increasingly sophisticated institutional investors spread around the globe. GPs should keep this in mind as they decide how to target Asia. By Dave Keating
- Macquarie hits one-third mark on $6bn fundraise
The US-based infrastructure fund has also completed its first deal, with the purchase of a $363m stake in Florida-based Global Tower Partners from another Macquarie-managed infrastructure fund.
- Real estate write downs plague Morgan Stanley results
The former investment bank, which has applied to become a bank holding company, took a loss of $1.8bn in its asset management division, which includes real estate and private equity businesses.