The $234.2bn pension is mulling a possible change to its private equity allocation, as the twin forces of sinking assets under management and shrinking distributions have combined for an overweighted alternatives exposure.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Fortress' and Blackstone’s second quarter earnings results offer a glimpse into how firms are responding to a slowing fundraising pace, writes Matt Levin.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The latest quarterly report from the US Real Estate Roundtable warns that 95 percent of real estate chief executives feel that access to debt financing is worse than 12 months ago, with almost nine out of 10 professionals saying commercial asset values will stay flat or even drop over the coming year.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The real estate arm of the US pension fund and asset manager is targeting commercial real estate opportunities in the UK and Europe with its first international office. Former Invesco retail executive Paul Wilson will lead the effort.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Atlantis Plastics has sold off its molded plastics business to the KPS Special Situations spin-out as the distressed plastics company enters into Chapter 11.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
The Washington DC-based firm will provide growth equity to Three Seasons Capital-backed Vehicle Production Group, which has created a car for individuals with mobility problems, as well as taxis and other specialty markets. In related news, Perseus has likely lost out on its bid for bankrupt Frontier Airlines.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Brookwood Value Partners, an affiliate of private equity firm Brookwood Financial Partners, has picked up nearly 400 residential lots in The Grove planned community in Southwest Florida.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Development, agricultural or beachfront-land is proving the next hottest commodity for private equity real estate.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The Los Angeles-based private equity real estate firm spent one month raising capital for its distressed credit fund, raising a total of $900m from existing investors. The fund is expected to invest in distressed property debt and operating companies with strong real estate components.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The US mid-market firm has purchased an Illinois Tool Works subsidiary as it deploys remaining ‘reserve capital’ for add-ons from its $1.2bn Fund III.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
