Limited partners should cast aside traditional categorisations of risk and re-think expected returns and fees, according to a white paper published by the placement agent. The paper also identifies 70 funds in the market for $100bn, of which 55 are first-time managers.
5 min read · 08 February 2013
PERE looks at three deals – one good, one bad and one that has the potential to be both – and the reasons for their divergent turns of fate. RREEF's deal to acquire a $510m office in Beijing went badly thanks to a local seller who falsified due diligence materials. PERE July/August 2009
6 min read · 08 February 2013
A wide-reaching directive affecting private equity real estate fund managers could be brought in by the end of the year, with onerous obligations. PERE July/August 2009
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Limited partners should cast aside traditional categorisations of risk and re-think expected returns and fees, according to a white paper published by the placement agent. The paper also identifies 70 funds in the market for $100bn, of which 55 are first-time managers.
5 min read · 08 February 2013
With $5.64bn in commitments, Global Infrastructure Partners is the largest independent first-time infrastructure fund ever organised. Three years after the firm’s launch, the bulk of the fund is yet to be invested, and with markets still in disarray, new investments are difficult to close. But Adebayo Ogunlesi, the man in charge, isn’t in a hurry. Chris Josselyn and Philip Borel find out why.
9 min read · 08 February 2013
The Russian landscape is set to alter beyond recognition and only the strongest will survive. Toby Mitchenall reports from Moscow
8 min read · 08 February 2013
With LP defaults becoming a more common occurrence, GPs need to understand all the implications for the management company, the fund and other investors. Jennifer Harris explores the issues
9 min read · 08 February 2013
As the economic crisis tightens its grip on Europe's largest economy, and lenders remain on the sidelines, mid-market private equity investors are pointing to reasons for optimism. Where else, they ask, can German businesses turn to for funding in this time of need? In June, Philip Borel travelled to Munich to quiz four leading professionals about the way forward for their industry – and found them in a buoyant mood.
10 min read · 08 February 2013
Indian private equity firms are hoping the election result will bring a host of new opportunities their way. By Amit Ratanpal
4 min read · 08 February 2013
Tagg Romney, son of former US presidential candidate Mitt Romney, is closing in on his first private equity fund
2 min read · 08 February 2013
