The $80.1bn Washington State Investment Board has approved $1.7bn in commitments, including $900m to two RE funds. The pension also committed $600m to private equity funds and $250m to infrastructure and commodities.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Six out of 10 commercial real estate executives believe the credit crisis has now had a greater impact on the real estate industry than during the crisis of the late 1980s, early 1990s. Just 10 percent are ‘bullish’ on the opportunities created by the distress, most attracted to multifamily.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The $80.1bn Washington State Investment Board has approved $1.7bn in commitments, including $900m to two RE funds. The pension also committed $600m to private equity funds and $250m to infrastructure and commodities.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Six out of 10 commercial real estate executives believe the credit crisis has now had a greater impact on the real estate industry than during the crisis of the late 1980s, early 1990s. Just 10 percent are ‘bullish’ on the opportunities created by the distress, most attracted to multifamily.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Six out of 10 commercial real estate executives believe the credit crisis has now had a greater impact on the real estate industry than during the crisis of the late 1980s, early 1990s. Just 10 percent are ‘bullish’ on the opportunities created by the distress, most attracted to multifamily.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Private equity is well positioned to cope with the credit crunch, but its main worry is what comes afterwards, writes Philip Borel.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
Blank cheque company MBF Healthcare Acquisition will pay $12m less for Kohlberg & Company-owned Critical Homecare Solutions, just a month after cutting the initial price tag from $534m to $479m. The SPAC arranged a new financing scheme last month.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
The real estate investment firm has bought the office property that was the backdrop to the US TV show, LA Law, from Broadway Partners for an undisclosed sum. Broadway says it is in the midst of ‘harvest’ the value of its property portfolio.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The specter of a return to the 1989 Resolution Trust Corporation was raised today as the US Treasury said it would introduce a ‘relief program’ for troubled mortgage assets. If formed, the program would consolidate an enormous pool of assets for opportunistic buyers to feast upon.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
A survey has found that 25 percent of European investors are considering cutting their exposure to real estate funds in the short-term, yet investors are also planning to increase their exposure to opportunity funds.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
