With some US Midwest states apparently keen on privatisation, Kansas has remained an anomaly: doggedly self-sufficient, eschewing PPPs, and relying instead on a disciplined state budget and handful of federal money.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
With approximately £100 billion of UK real estate that cannot be refinanced under current conditions, there are plenty of opportunities for the country’s private equity real estate players. However, as the roundtable participants reveal, the UK market isn’t as simple as that. PERE Magazine, June 2012 issue.
10 min read · 15 January 2013
Joe Azelby, a one-time professional American football player, has built JPMorgan’s core US real estate platform into a global real assets business with $60 billion under management. In an interview with PERE, he explains why he is a fan of diversity, why investors need to change their attitude towards allocation and why he ultimately is glad that his football career was short. By Robin Marriott. PERE Magazine June 2012 issue.
10 min read · 15 January 2013
In the wake of a funding gap created by the retreat of traditional lenders, institutional investors are flocking to real estate debt strategies. Evelyn Lee charts the evolution of this discreet opportunity and assesses the debate over separate accounts versus funds. PERE Magazine, June 2012 issue
10 min read · 15 January 2013
The New York-based investment firm has acquired 52 industrial properties in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia on behalf of its $1 billion value-added DRA Growth and Income Fund VII.
1 min read · 15 January 2013
Recent US Securities and Exchange Commission filings indicate the firm, led by Glenn August (pictured) has raised $770m as it shoots for a newly-increased $1bn target.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
Aviva Life & Pensions UK, the EIB and the Development Bank of Japan have backed the debt fund’s first close. The Aviva/Hadrian’s Wall Capital vehicle is targeting £/€1bn to invest in low-risk infrastructure across the UK and Europe.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
CVC Asia Pacific’s control-oriented strategy initially led it to Australia and Japan. But as the firm struggles in those buyout markets, quiet deals are emerging in Southeast Asia as well as Greater China. Sigit Prasetya, head of Southeast Asia for the firm, discusses a strategy shift in Asia with Drew Wilson
7 min read · 14 January 2013
The position will be responsible for managing the $39bn endowment’s $5bn private market co-investment programme, which consists of private equity, infrastructure and other strategies.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
James Jenkins, who has worked for Lehman Brothers and Credit Suisse, has joined Global Infrastructure Partners as a managing director in charge of investor relations. He will help shore up GIP’s second infrastructure fund.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
