Sovereign wealth funds are becoming major forces in the global investment market thanks to surging oil revenues and swollen currency reserves. These national funds are set to have a big impact on private equity real estate. By Dave Keating
9 min read · 12 January 2013
PERE presents four times and places that marked changes of direction and turns of fortune for real estate investors. Three of these are looked back on with fond nostalgia by those fortunate enough to have been present and active. One remains a painful memory. By Dave Keating, Robin Marriott and Eva Poon
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Heitman started four decades ago as a mortgage origination shop. Today, the firm has $20 billion in assets around the world. PERE recently spoke with firm head Maury Tognarelli about Heitman's history, its pioneering move into Central Europe and where the company is headed next. By Aaron Lovell
8 min read · 12 January 2013
With the acquisition of Singapore-based Pangaea Capital, Howard Marks adds Asian real estate vet Robert Zulkoski to the Oaktree team. By Sharon Lim
6 min read · 12 January 2013
The US hedge fund is joining forces with a 50-year-old local firm.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
The private equity real estate division of J.E. Robert Companies intends to build a scalable platform of low-price hotels in Britain.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
The 2007 Ernst & Young Real Estate Private Equity Market Outlook painted a rosy picture of private equity real estate fundraising, but GPs who attended a breakfast meeting unveiling the results of the survey had mixed reviews on the investment climate.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Pithy quotes from people in and outside of the real estate industry
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Asian private equity fund formation 2008: here is what the experts believe will happen in the coming year.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
Robert Zulkoski created a stir when he left Colony Capital Asia Pacific in 2004 to set up Pangaea Capital Management, an Asia-focused special situations fund manager. Earlier this year, Pangaea became part of Oaktree Capital Management, a US alternative investment group with big plans for the region. The sale has thrust Zulkoski back into the spotlight and brought him back together with former colleagues at Colony. In September, Sharon Lim met him to learn how and why it all happened.
7 min read · 12 January 2013