Goodwin Gaw, chairman, co-founded Gaw Capital alongside his brother Kenneth Gaw, president of the group, in 2005. Here he examines the outlook for China's real estate sector, which has seen a serious slowdown since the economic crisis began.
4 min read · 08 February 2013
The McLean, Virginia-based firm is immediately closing its Latin America fund and operations.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
US House of Representatives has voted to pass a bill that would give the SEC and the Federal Reserve the power to regulate compensation at private firms with more than $1 billion in assets. The wording of the proposed law excludes most private equity firms, however.
3 min read · 08 February 2013
Today the US House of Representatives voted to pass bill that will give the SEC and the Federal Reserve the power to regulate compensation at financial institutions with more than $1 billion in assets.
3 min read · 08 February 2013
US legislators want regulators to determine if certain structures encourage undue risk taking at finanical firms with more than $1bn in assets.
3 min read · 08 February 2013
The Gores Group joint venture with Siemens has stepped into a raucous bankruptcy fight for business units of bankrupt Nortel, for which a company backed by TPG and Silver Lake has already bid.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The world’s largest manager of infrastructure assets says it expects its half-year profit to grow even as Macquarie Capital, its investment banking division, continues to show weak results.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
After much publicity over its $5bn debt-load, the Colony Capital-backed casino operator has filed for bankruptcy protection.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The co-founder of Dune Real Estate, Daniel Neidich, takes the helm as chairman of the Real Estate Roundtable. The lobby group is currently pressing for changes governing REMICs and foreign investment in US real estate to help ease the liquidity crisis gripping the industry.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Fundraising is down $8.1bn from $36.3bn raised in 2007. This downward trend could change in 2009 as 85 infrastructure funds are fundraising this year, according to a study by the accounting firm.
2 min read · 08 February 2013