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Buyout firms lock horns over Philippines power gridTPG Newbridge was the only private equity firm in the race to operate Philippines’ power grid, until The Carlyle Group reportedly joined a competing consortium.
- Walker criteria encompass 32 portfolio companies
The UK-centric large buyout focus of the Walker Report means only a limited number of portfolio companies have to comply. Moves are afoot to take the transparency reforms further.
- Brotherly love
Brotherly love 2008-07-01 Staff Writer Quotable “The market isn't changing, it's collapsing.” “No protestors yet?”
- Frothy deal in Japan
Morgan Stanley is helping Sapporo turn from beer to real estate.
- All eyes on Brazil
The country has generated much interest as private equity real estate firms look to expand in Latin America. By Eva Poon
- SUN rises for Lopez
Dennis Lopez, head of real estate at structured finance specialist Cambridge Place, has joined an emerging markets firm owned by India's Khemka family.
- Capital redeployment
Sovereign Investment Company's latest deal speaks to the value of sale-leaseback strategies in the current market environment.
- Fund family values
The largest alternative investment firms in the world tend to offer suites of products. In the private equity real estate asset class, the potential for multi-strategy has barely been cracked. By David Snow
- The Dutchman
ABP Investments, the asset management arm of the pension fund for Dutch civil servants and educators, is one of the most powerful European LPs in private real estate funds. The pension fund began investing in indirect real estate in 1998 and has approximately €17 billion ($19 billion) invested, which is organized under the alternative investments division. It is an investor in a range of managers including Aberdeen Property Investors, Apollo Real Estate, The Carlyle Group, Heitman, ProLogis, Tishman Speyer, Neinver and Vesteda Groep. Here, Patrick Kanters, managing director of real estate, Europe and Asia-Pacific, explains why operators will outperform allocators, his firm's moves into Asia and why fund managers should stick to what they know best.
- Selling the sizzle
Though relatively few private equity firms will join fortress on the nYSE, a growing number may sell a minority stake in their gP. Any takers? By Paul Fruchbom