Advantage Partners, a Tokyo-based private equity firm raising its fourth fund, has agreed to buy the financial business of Japan’s fallen internet giant Livedoor.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Lone Star will not proceed with a planned lucrative exit from Korea Exchange Bank because of continuing investigations surrounding its investment in 2003.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Lone Star’s cofounder and chairman is thinking about terminating a $7.3 billion deal to sell its stake in Korea Exchange Bank because of widening probes into its 2003 purchase. Local prosecutors have indicted the bank and Lone Star on stock manipulation charges.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
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
After a decade, the real estate division of GE has new ‘belief’ in Uk property debt.
4 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
Bad analyst 2007-01-01 Staff Writer Somehow being a private equity real estate professional wasn't exciting enough for Edward Anderton, who has been accused of identity theft by Philadelphia authorities. Anderton is a former analyst with Philadelphia-based Lubert-Adler Real Estate Funds, was reportedly fired
1 min read · 12 January 2013
KKR appoints China advisors * Kleiner Perkins bolsters China resource * AlixPartners to ride India wave * Herbert Smith hires for new Dubai office * Bain appoints Japanese tech veteran * Green joins Barwon as third partner * Navis expansion gathers speed * ABN AMRO expands Asia financial sponsor coverage
5 min read · 12 January 2013
US investment group Lone Star has pulled its planned exit from Korea Exchange Bank following continuing investigations into its investment in 2003.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
A Korean court today issued warrants to arrest US-based Ellis Short and Michael Thompson on alleged stock manipulation charges. The warrants came through after prosecutors failed in their applications twice before.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
