The US government has selected nine private investment firms, including Oaktree, Invesco and Angelo Gordon, to help take real estate loan-backed securities off banks’ balance sheets.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The legislative landscape for public-private partnerships in America is changing fast. Cezary Podkul reports.
6 min read · 08 February 2013
The Sydney-based property company has formed a joint venture with Bank of Scotland lasting three years as part of efforts to put its financial future on a more secure footing.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Instead of an IPO, many GPs this year are facing a restructure. Everton Robertson offers them the advice of an offshore counsel.
4 min read · 08 February 2013
Tom Osborne and Henry Catry review the outlook for infrastructure financing amid the financial crisis.
7 min read · 08 February 2013
Private equity firms would have to comply with tighter standards for capitalisation, hold periods and disclosure requirements if proposed rules from US banking regulator FDIC are approved.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
With credit markets still tight, knowing the right bankers can be key to financing your infrastructure deal. It is of course difficult to agree on which lenders are the most influential. But when the Infrastructure Investor team swapped notes, and quizzed practitioners in the marketplace, the names of the ten financiers on this page kept coming up.
5 min read · 08 February 2013
Limited partners should cast aside traditional categorisations of risk and re-think expected returns and fees, according to a white paper published by the placement agent. The paper also identifies 70 funds in the market for $100bn, of which 55 are first-time managers.
5 min read · 08 February 2013
As debate rages about private equity real estate fund-level and limited partner liquidity, there is one issue few are daring to contemplate – the liquidity of the GPs themselves. PERE July/August 2009.
5 min read · 08 February 2013
A wide-reaching directive affecting private equity real estate fund managers could be brought in by the end of the year, with onerous obligations. PERE July/August 2009
2 min read · 08 February 2013
