The private equity real estate arm of Jones Lang LaSalle is reportedly eyeing property bargains in Japan, China and Australia, after raising $3bn for its latest fund. People familiar with the matter told PERE, the fund has 80% capital left to invest.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The data doesn’t lie – there are far fewer deals being done than last year.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The US firm has reportedly made its second bid in two years for the electronics maker, two months after Morgan Stanley's deal for the home appliance maker fell apart.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
The US firm has reportedly made its second bid in two years for the electronics maker, two months after Morgan Stanley's deal for the home appliance maker fell apart.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Oivind Lorentzen and Jan Naess, who control investment manager and ship agency Northern Navigation, have closed the company’s debut shipping fund. Northern previously invested in six private equity shipping funds totaling $350m through a joint venture with a German bank.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Difficult financing conditions continued to soften global buyout activity for private equity firms, with deal volumes plunging 72 percent in the first nine months of 2008. The oil and gas and mining sectors as well as Japan, India and the Middle East remained bright spots.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Difficult financing conditions continued to soften global buyout activity for private equity firms, with deal volumes plunging 72 percent in the first nine months of 2008. The oil and gas and mining sectors as well as Japan, India and the Middle East remained bright spots.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Shanghai opens gates to foreign investors * Lone Star may sue Korean government * Bohai to clinch Xugong deal
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Report: JPMorgan execs line up Indonesian fund * Nexus in India venture push * Chinese billions in TPG fund * Anchorage Capital sees first close for debut fund * Temasek doubles annual profit * Direct Capital to launch NZ$350m fund * Sequoia Capital India raises $725m * Advent bets on Japan * Blackstone gets $100m from Cathay
6 min read · 12 January 2013
KKR appoints Japan advisor * Pantheon hires three for Asia * Cinven hires in Hong Kong * Deshpande quits ICICI Venture * Morgan Stanley appoints infrastructure head * AIG hires in Japan and Hong Kong * Babcock & Brown chairman and CEO give in * Battery Ventures expands Israel team, to set shop in India * Olympus Capital sets up Indian team
7 min read · 12 January 2013
