With LPs increasingly seeking safety amid quality, core real estate assets, Falcon Real Estate president Jack Miller said it’s essential for all sides to have an honest debate about the type of returns they can realistically expect from real estate in the coming years.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The New York-based real estate firm, which was originally targeting investments primarily in Latin America, is now targeting the US. The firm is also raising an agribusiness vehicle targeting agricultural land in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay.
1 min read · 08 February 2013
The publicly listed alternative investment firm will sell Class A shares to repay a portion of its outstanding debt as well as generate working capital that may be used to fund GP contributions to Fortress funds.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Delegates at an emerging markets conference in Washington DC yesterday argued that emerging managers, now more than ever, have a responsibility to the communities in which they invest.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
John Herbert, a former managing director of Merrill Lynch’s European property and hotel group, has joined the Italian firm as senior advisor of its €300m fund of funds.
1 min read · 08 February 2013
The Cayman Islands-based firm has launched a residential housing fund, with hopes of closing the vehicle by the end of the year. Half the fund is expected to invest in Peru and Colombia. The firm's last fund closed on $42m last year.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Four leading fund investors tell Philip Borel what the global crisis means for private equity, and what the industry must do now to find the right response
10 min read · 08 February 2013
Opportunism and careful negotiation have allowed CVC to prove that there's still life at the larger end of the market
6 min read · 08 February 2013
As LPs call for greater control over their investments, some are moving into less traditional strategies, including debt origination. New York State Teachers' Retirement System plans to deploy $1bn in 2009 alone. PERE Magazine May 2009 issue
4 min read · 08 February 2013
PERE Magazine May 2009: As in the US, placement agents in Europe are feeling the heat. But they are needed now more than ever. By Robin Marriott
3 min read · 08 February 2013
