These 15 firms have the skills and strategies to dominate the real estate wasteland, say market insiders. PERE Magazine September 2009.
10 min read · 08 February 2013
PERE Magazine September 2009: Although it sits on a massive pile of dry powder, the world’s largest private equity real estate firm has directed its professionals to first spend their time deeply researching macro trends around the world, as well as briefing LPs about their findings. Jonathan Brasse recently interviewed the London-based team that spearheaded this back-to-school effort to learn how they believe the world has changed.
10 min read · 08 February 2013
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
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
Asian creditors of the women’s fashion brand are trying to force it into bankruptcy. Ellen Tracy is owned by Wilco Consumer Capital, Radius Partners and Windsong Brands.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The Swiss-based alternatives firm which advises some of the largest investors in the world says only very few markets such as the UK have reached the ‘late downturn’ stage. The finding comes as Blackstone is tipped to buy a 50 percent stake in a London office complex for £150m.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The Chinese Sovereign Wealth fund has reportedly shortlisted nine fund managers taking part in the US Public-Private Investment Plan.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The available capital in the region, and Shariah's spurning of traditional leverage, has made the Islamic fund structuring more popular.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Asian GPs turning to the Middle East for funding may need to consider adopting an Islamic fund structure, writes Jenny Blinch.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Private equity firms invested $301m in India’s renewable energy sector last year, a ten-fold increase from 2006. The numbers are expected to keep climbing.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
