Aside from deals with the Royal Bank of Scotland and the National Pension Service of Korea, Rockspring has been busy raising its UK Value Fund. PERE Magazine December 2009- January 2010 issue
1 min read · 08 February 2013
Ladder Capital postponed plans for a partial blind-pool REIT after institutional investor appetite waned in September. CEO Brian Harris tells Zoe Hughes the firm will look to the public markets again as Ladder plans to take advantage of a ‘permanent change’ in the US lending community. PERE Magazine December 2009- January 2010
3 min read · 08 February 2013
Mansco Perry, the chief investment officer of the Maryland State Retirement Agency, says the pension system views real estate as a long-term asset class, still wants real estate fund managers … but wants fees to come down. PERE magazine December 2009-January 2010 issue.
3 min read · 08 February 2013
Investors still want real estate in the portfolio for the same reasons as they wanted it before the credit crunch. PERE magazine December 2009-January 2010 issue
7 min read · 08 February 2013
The state-owned ports and real estate conglomerate at the centre of Dubai’s current economic crisis has announced it is focusing the restructuring of its debt obligations towards itself and its real estate subsidiaries Nakheel and Limitless. It also confirmed that asset sales could form part of the process.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
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
