The UK private equity real estate market is treading water amid a torrent of regulation capable of ‘destroying the industry’. Apart from that, opportunistic real estate investment in England is showing increasing signs of life. PERE Magazine June 2011 issue.
10 min read · 15 January 2013
Grey hair, no hair, connected or just plain smart, senior specialist consultants are in demand by institutional investors. PERE Magazine, June 2011 issue
10 min read · 15 January 2013
Centre Point, the famous London landmark, has been sold again to private equity-style investors. PERE Magazine, June 2011 issue
3 min read · 15 January 2013
Alexia Wai-Chun Tye of AddVenture Advisers discusses the governance turnaround of a Chinese portfolio company. This is an excerpt from PEI’s recently released book, The Guide to Responsible Investment
9 min read · 15 January 2013
Japan-focused private equity firms expect plenty of opportunities for investment – but attracting foreign and domestic limited partners remains a challenge.
6 min read · 15 January 2013
On a recent trip to Washington DC, Graham Winfrey found GPs and LPs hungry to cash in on the rapid growth in emerging economies, but flagged various challenges.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
The fund’s last investment comprised £23.5m of subordinated loans to five UK healthcare and accommodation projects. London-based Gravis expects to tap the market again later this year for a fresh round of fundraising.
1 min read · 15 January 2013
Has the ‘refinancing wall’ lost some of its power to intimidate? Andy Thomson reports on strong bond and bank appetite for many infrastructure assets.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
US private equity firm Lone Star and other creditors are reportedly taking over Tokyo Star Bank as Advantage Partners failed to find investors for the Japanese lender.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
London-based Mountgrange has teamed up with partners at residential specialist Pluto Capital for a fund aiming to supply £50m of mezzanine loans to help finance residential developments in London and the South East of England. The firm said that the vehicle was the first of its kind in the residential sector.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
