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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Cutting the nose off to spite the face

PERE Magazine September 2009: The decision by Citigroup to sell Citi Property Investors may be about reducing risk, but it only ensures the bank misses out on the potential for outsized returns over the next five years. By Zoe Hughes

3 min read · 08 February 2013

Making the best of it

Deal flow has slowed in recession-hit New Zealand, but there is still plenty to keep GPs busy finds Siddharth Poddar.

5 min read · 08 February 2013

Not down under yet

2009 has not brought the cheap asset sales many in the Australian private equity industry were anticipating – but neither has it brought the expected wave of bankruptcies. Siddharth Poddar finds spirits high, despite the lull in activity.

10 min read · 08 February 2013

LPs need to play fair

LPs need to play fair 2009-08-24 Sharon Lim <p>The past year has been anything but a breeze for the private equity industry – everyone from GPs to LPs and service providers have had to grapple with the fallout of the downturn in a radically different environment than the heyday that ended at the turn o

3 min read · 08 February 2013

Limited partners: limited appetite

Fundraising for Asia-focused funds may have stalled, but it has less to do with Asia than it has to with a slowdown in the pace of investments globally, writes Siddharth Poddar.

9 min read · 08 February 2013

Small minority of GPs were boomtime net sellers

Only 10 of the largest 50 private equity firms in the world sold more than they bought during a five-year period characterised by sky-high prices and bidding wars, PEI Media research shows.

3 min read · 08 February 2013

Montagu scores 2x with sale to Silverfleet

Sausage casing maker Kalle has now passed to its third private equity owner in a &euro;213m deal. Bank of Ireland led the &euro;113m financing.

1 min read · 08 February 2013

Euro style

The 'European-style' waterfall is gaining traction in North America, but US general partners need not fear this trend.

5 min read · 08 February 2013

Fed up with FIRPTA

Rules governing foreign investment in US property are outdated, argue opponents. Capitol Hill may finally be listening.

3 min read · 08 February 2013

RREEF America fund could get offer from Stockbridge

A US real estate fund managed by RREEF might receive an approach from San Francisco-based Stockbridge Capital Partners to take over the management of the vehicle. Meanwhile, two other RREEF-managed closed ended real estate funds are coming under pressure from stockholders.

4 min read · 08 February 2013

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