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FEATURE: Teeing up debtPrivate equity real estate firms have taken to filling the large, deep void left by commercial banks and other traditional real estate lenders. PERE Magazine, October 2011 issue
- US NEWS: The summer of mega-fund love
Private equity giants like Blackstone are discovering that some LPs are eager to invest in large real estate funds again, putting multi-billion dollar targets well within reach. PERE Magazine, September 2011 issue
- EDITOR'S LETTER: Welcome to the (public) party
PERE Magazine September 2011 issue.
- US NEWS: Irish eyes smile on Lone Star
The Dallas-based private equity firm has beaten a slew of rivals, including Blackstone, to buy the largest sub- and nonperforming loan portfolio to hit the market since the start of the global financial crisis. PERE Magazine, September 2011 issue
- Carlyle to go public
The Washington, DC behemoth is to join the ranks of KKR, The Blackstone Group and Apollo Global Management via an initial public offering.
- Lone Star among winners for $10bn Anglo Irish loan book
The Dallas-based private equity real estate giant prevails alongside Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase & Co with winning bids for the 248-strong US real estate loans portfolio.
- Korea’s NPS commits $650m to Americas funds(2)
Six months after determining it would commit up to $1.2 billion of equity commitments to real estate value-added and opportunity funds, Korea’s largest institutional investor has made four commitments to managers deploying strategies in North and South America.
- Blackstone RE exploits boosts Q2 earnings
Despite the ‘sputtering economy’, the firm’s earnings in real estate rose in the second quarter, driven by increases in underlying investments and performance fees.
- RBS selects Blackstone for £1.4bn loan book offload
After a year-long sale process culminating in a quartet of private equity real estate firms being shortlisted, RBS has agreed to offload a stake in a £1.4bn loan book to a special purpose company controlled by The Blackstone Group.
- PERE FORUM EUROPE: Blackstone sees ‘trickle of deals’ becoming a ‘stream’
Chad Pike, senior managing director and co-head of real estate at The Blackstone Group, said a ‘long, steady flow of deals was inevitable’, as he revealed the firm was about to close on a deal in Germany that went into bankruptcy in 2008.