Sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corporation and private equity firm the Blackstone Group have emerged as the investors in a joint venture with troubled property developer Greentown China, according to a source close to the matter.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
If you are looking for some positive news in Europe (and chances are you will be), how is this for a message: “Private equity real estate funds, we need you. Love, Germany’s biggest pension fund. PERE Magazine, December 2011 issue.
4 min read · 15 January 2013
New research from Clairvue Capital Partners reveals that, in an illiquid market, opportunities in two forms of special situations investments – recapitalisations and secondaries – are rising. PERE Magazine, December 2011/January 2012 issue.
7 min read · 15 January 2013
The chief executive officer of Starwood Capital Group provided his views on the global economy and where he sees investment opportunities in today’s markets. PERE Magazine, December 2011/January 2012 issue
6 min read · 15 January 2013
The $26bn retirement system also made a pair of commitments, totaling around $80m, to Leonard Green’s sixth fund and BC Partners’ ninth European capital fund.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Ian Brown, former head of European origination at Lloyds Bank, has been promoted to head of the UK bank’s corporate markets acquisition finance division.
1 min read · 15 January 2013
The private equity model ‘follows an anticyclical trend to that of stock markets’, according to research from Golding Capital Partners.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The ¥100bn Fortress Japan Opportunity Domestic Fund II is expected to be used predominantly for investments in the country’s debt space with a view to taking controlling positions.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
Beset by debt and under siege from city hall, the head of the Orlando Orange toll agency has handed in his resignation. But the project that brought him down – the Wekiva 25-mile toll road – is unlikely to be procured as a PPP.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The New York-based firm has made early headway in its capital raising efforts for its second Japan-focused opportunity fund. The ¥100bn Fortress Japan Opportunity Domestic Fund II is expected to be used predominantly for investments in the country’s debt space with a view to taking controlling positions.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
