The $231bn pension also plans to boost its exposure to private debt as well as specialty financing in emerging markets like China and Brazil.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
3i Infrastructure, the London-listed infrastructure investor, has signed a new £200m revolving credit facility with a five-member banking syndicate. It replaces an equivalent £225m facility due to expire next month, and will be used as a ‘bridge to equity’ to finance future transactions.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Spain’s macroeconomic problems have put off many real estate investors, but some hardy firms have managed to find attractive situations to invest in. PERE Magazine February 2011 issue.
10 min read · 15 January 2013
With the purchase of ING REIM in the queue, Los Angeles-based CBRE Investors is set to become the world’s largest real estate platform. PERE Magazine, February 2011 issue.
9 min read · 15 January 2013
Offshore funds lawyer Arwel Lewis looks at the trends that emerged in 2010 and predicts which will carry forward to 2011.
6 min read · 15 January 2013
Recent events in India have put the sector under political scrutiny, with questions being asked about the ethics of profiting from the poor.
7 min read · 15 January 2013
Though 2010 proved a quiet year for new deals in private equity, it was in no part due to a hesitance on the part of banks to lend to the sector.
6 min read · 15 January 2013
Recent events in India have put the sector under political scrutiny, with questions being asked about the ethics of profiting from the poor
6 min read · 15 January 2013
The $26bn Commonfund has been serving the investment needs of US endowments since 1971. It is now trying to broaden its horizons
7 min read · 15 January 2013
The real estate investment arm of the insurance giant is launching an industrial development vehicle focused on Brazil and retail development fund targeting China. The funds could be limited to a small number of large LPs.
2 min read · 15 January 2013