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Shanghai publishes guidelines to QFLP programmeThe Pilot Measures leave many of the questions around foreign LP investment into RMB funds unanswered, but they contain good news for foreign GPs managing RMB funds
- Carlyle taps Greenhill exec for real estate fundraising
Douglas Kinney has joined the Washington, DC firm after more than two years at Greenhill’s Chicago office. The move will bolster Carlyle’s global real estate fundraising efforts, after raising $2.3 billion for its sixth US opportunity fund last year.
- 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.
- Carlyle JV acquires retail project from Lone Star
The Washington, DC-based alternative asset manager, in partnership with Dallas-based developer Cypress Equities, has closed on the purchase of a distressed retail property in San Francisco from Lone Star Funds, with plans to develop a six-level shopping center on the site.
- Carlyle in China hotel deal
Carlyle has become the largest shareholder in a China-based mid-market hotel chain on behalf of an Asia private equity fund.
- Harbert buys £284m of real estate from Segro
The Birmingham, Alabama-based investment management firm has purchased a four-strong industrial property portfolio and an office park from the UK REIT on behalf of its latest opportunistic fund and in tandem with 'institutional investors'.
- PERE 30: Blackstone leaves the competition behind
Thanks largely to its current fundraising effort, the New York private equity and real estate giant has increased the distance between itself and its closest competitors. Meanwhile, most of the remaining legacy firms have fallen out of the ranking, opening the door for several new players and returning firms.
- Carlyle gears up for $800m IPO
The Washington, DC-based alternatives manager is set to raise up to $800 million in its forthcoming initial public offering, which would value the group at about $8 billion.
- Prudential raises $568m for senior housing fund
The Parsippany, New Jersey real estate investment manager has completed its largest fundraise for the property type, exceeding its original target by $68 million.
- CBRE: North America buyers drove European investment activity
US and Canadian investors comprised the largest share of cross-border purchases in the European property market in 2011, according to a new CBRE report.