Six months after determining it would commit up to $1.2 billion of equity commitments to real estate value-added and opportunity funds, Korea’s largest institutional investor has made four commitments to managers deploying strategies in North and South America.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Six months after determining it would commit up to $1.2 billion of equity commitments to real estate value-added and opportunity funds, Korea’s largest institutional investor has made four commitments to managers deploying strategies in North and South America.
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
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
The IFC is considering coordinating $150m in senior debt for the $600m Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund, which is managed by a division of Standard Bank. The fund supplies long-term debt to finance private infrastructure projects across Africa.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Armed with a 'premier list' of real estate fund managers, the private markets team of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, led by Steve LeBlanc, spoke about its vision for the portfolio and how it could be even tougher to get through its doors in the future.
10 min read · 15 January 2013
Armed with a 'premier list' of real estate fund managers with whom it will invest the bulk of its equity, the Teacher Retirement System of Texas is intent on setting its own agenda when it comes to deals. The pension’s private markets team, led by Steve LeBlanc, spoke to PERE about the premier list, their vision for the portfolio and how it could be even tougher to get through its doors in the future. PERE Magazine, June 2011 issue
10 min read · 15 January 2013
Peruvian firm Nexus Group has beat its target for its first international institutional fund, showing LP appetite for the region can overcome scepticism of new managers.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The global alternatives group distributed $6.4bn to investors in the first quarter this year, almost as much as the $7.5bn it returned in 2010, according to the David Rubenstein-led firm’s annual report.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
