The firm founded by Sam Kaneko brought a very un-Japanese style of investment to Asia’s largest market. This allowed daVinci to grow into Japan’s largest private equity real estate firm but, according to market insiders, was partly to blame for the dire problems the firm faces today. PERE magazine, Dec 2009-Jan 2010 issue
10 min read · 08 February 2013
Marathon Asset Management recently held a first close reportedly on $400m for PPIP, leaving Oaktree as the last firm to reach the benchmark.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The Hastings Infrastructure Debt Fund III will predominantly lend junior debt to infrastructure projects and businesses in sectors such as utilities, transport, telecommunications and social infrastructure.
1 min read · 08 February 2013
The California Public Employees' Retirement System is reportedly weighing its future relationship with asset manager BlackRock following its investment in the New York Stuyvesant Town deal.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Pledge funds are gaining steam among newer GP groups trying to make an impression with LPs. But the deal-by-deal funding model has some serious weaknesses that fund managers and LPs need to consider.
5 min read · 08 February 2013
Private equity firms spent 2009 strengthening portfolios and are now looking to invest large amounts of dry powder, a panel in New York told delegates.
3 min read · 08 February 2013
In 2009, Americans have received warning after warning that their governments face alternatively a ‘decade of debt’ or a ‘lost decade’ due to massive, painful and protracted budget deficits that are here to stay. Opportunities are abound for infrastructure investors – but so are the pitfalls.
5 min read · 08 February 2013
Canadian pension plan OMERS is among co-investors in the European venture, which will be led by Tim Flynn, Goldman Sachs’ former European head of leveraged finance.
1 min read · 08 February 2013
The US pension is the latest to join the government’s programme meant to jumpstart the credit markets, which CalPERS has said it will not join.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The $126bn pension has created a new allocation to house its investments in the US Public Private Investment Programme.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
