The European Investment Bank is facing one of its most daunting challenges: creating a vibrant infrastructure bond market that will one day stand on its own two feet. The bank’s president, Philippe Maystadt, tells Bruno Alves why he’s itching to make this happen sooner rather than later
9 min read · 15 January 2013
The Los Angeles-based real estate investment management firm has completed its purchase of ING Group’s global real estate securities business, ING Clarion Real Estate Securities. The deal forms part of its wider $940m acquisition of ING’s Real Estate Investment Management operations in Europe and Asia.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Germany has delivered robust economic performance and a surfeit of investment opportunities – so why are three of the country’s private equity professionals wary about the country’s future prospects?
10 min read · 15 January 2013
Valuing portfolio companies based on a discounted cash flow approach is controversial when applied to private equity. We discover why valuation experts still consider it the most appropriate method for infrastructure.
4 min read · 15 January 2013
Distressed investors have seen some historic opportunities for profits come and go in the rollercoaster markets of the past few years. Now, all eyes are on Europe
5 min read · 15 January 2013
A wave of incoming regulations is helping fuel activity in the secondaries market, which for some GPs means big compliance headaches.
8 min read · 15 January 2013
With Denmark’s banking system in disarray, Icelandic subsidiaries grinding out sales and pockets of localised distress in Sweden, the Nordic countries are no longer just about being a safe haven. PERE magazine July,August 2011 issue.
10 min read · 15 January 2013
After a year-long sale process culminating in a quartet of private equity real estate firms being shortlisted, RBS has agreed to offload a stake in a £1.4bn loan book to a special purpose company controlled by The Blackstone Group.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Despite numerous firms formed in the private equity real estate space over the past several years, only a handful are likely to make it and even fewer will become big players. PERE Magazine, July/August 2011 issue.
10 min read · 15 January 2013
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange could become a more popular exit route for private equity-backed companies.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
