The fund is understood to be targeting between $100m and $150m to invest in venture enterprises in India’s microfinance sector.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Security Properties seeks to raise $50 million for investments in the Western US.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
PERE magazine, April 2011 issue
2 min read · 15 January 2013
US capital markets have improved dramatically over the past year as lenders once again start hunting for deals. The question is whether the recovery is being driven by capital flows rather than fundamentals. PERE magazine April 2011 issue
6 min read · 15 January 2013
Blackstone’s $10.9 billion mega fund is roughly 90 percent invested in the wake of its $9.4bn acquisition of Centro Properties’ US assets. Was the mega deal evidence of a rush to close the fund or Blackstone simply exerting its unrivalled equity muscle yet again? PERE magazine April 2011 issue
5 min read · 15 January 2013
KKR has a titanic reputation in the world of private equity, having grown into a global business with $61 billion in assets under management. Its hire of Ralph Rosenberg turned lots of heads, but it will be some time before its real estate division catches up. PERE Magazine April issue 2010.
10 min read · 15 January 2013
New players enter the European real estate finance market as some established lenders pare back. PERE Magazine, April 2011 issue
6 min read · 15 January 2013
The introduction of legislation to create a covered bond market in the US could help to fill the financing gap, but the question is whether it will receive Congressional and ultimately industry support. PERE Magazine, April 2011 issue
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The mega-deals struck in the boom period of 2005 to 2007 look set to confound the critics and outperform the market, writes Skandia Life’s head of buyouts, Adalbjorn Stefansson.
5 min read · 15 January 2013
The middle class in Brazil continues to grow, boosting the opportunities for private equity in the consumer and retail sector in the country, writes Seth Zalkin.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
