Michael Spies and his growing roster of senior investment professionals are carefully expanding Tishman Speyer's already significant footprint in Europe. Spies and company recently shared with PERE their team-oriented approach to investing in Europe's biggest cities. By Robin Marriott
9 min read · 12 January 2013
The specter of time is haunting private equity real estate, as every stage of the investment process is now likely to take longer than before.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
In recent days, the investment bank has announced three successive strategic investments alterative investment platforms, including a hedge fund, fund of hedge funds and a distressed investment firm, in an ongoing bid to bolster its alternative investment business.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
GP Investimentos, Gaves Investimentos, Pactual and Advent International are four firms to watch as private equity deals in Brazil grow in size. David Snow profiles the biggest players in Latin America's biggest market.
9 min read · 12 January 2013
Brazilian private equity professionals are trumpeting a major improvement in the country's private equity opportunity. If LPs could get other the politics and see beyond China and India, say Brazilian GPs, they'd be impressed with Brazil's vast economy, sophisticated capital markets and few competing financial investors, David Snow reports.
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Texas Pacific Group and co-investors are manoeuvring carefully to avoid the grounding of their Qantas bid
7 min read · 12 January 2013
The world's biggest private equity firm needs more money, fast.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
HarbourVest, Lexington Partners and Partners Group have invested in the Nasdaq-listed buyout firm’s new fund.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The Paris-listed private equity manager invested €1.165 billion in buyouts in the year to 30 June 2006, including its acquisition of Europcar from Volkswagen.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
China's property markets are luring investors from around the world, but corruption and kickbacks can make any real estate a tricky proposition. By Robin Marriott
5 min read · 12 January 2013
