The New York private equity firm has set up a five year fund with Sino-Ocean Land into which both parties are putting $70m.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Lord Stern, who produced a landmark report on climate change, is part of a group of nine advisors appointed by the government to help 3i’s Sir Adrian Montague set up the UK’s Green Investment Bank.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
PE Asia recently caught up with Michael Shone, chief executive officer of Commercial Intelligence. The Swiss-headquartered firm raises closed-ended funds, typically with a three- to five-year life, focused on emerging market debt recovery.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
As the infrastructure asset class matures, two quite different types of investment are emerging. Former Allianz Capital Partners chief executive Thomas Putter explains why an understanding of this is so crucial
7 min read · 15 January 2013
An overwhelming majority of investors who responded to a recent survey planned to maintain or increase their allocations to private equity, with high fees and a lack of transparency dissuading the remainder from committing more capital to the asset class.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
Fortress Investment Group is getting its hands dirty salvaging value from a real estate opportunity with an estimated value of $2 trillion. Through its credit business, the firm believes it has the right team and resources for the job. PERE Magazine September issue 2011.
10 min read · 15 January 2013
Traditionally cautious and subject to ‘hyper-management’ control, Korea’s much- coveted investor base is becoming increasingly more flexible and braver when it comes to buying in the US. PERE Magazine September 2011 issue.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
In conjunction with Westmont Hospitality, the Stamford, Connecticut-based investment management firm has acquired $700 million in loans backed by 143 Red Roof Inns, thereby assuming control of the properties.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
An overwhelming majority of investors who responded to a recent survey planned to maintain or increase their allocations to private equity, with high fees and a lack of transparency dissuading the remainder from committing more capital to the asset class.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
Fears that the US was nearing default on some of its $14.3 trillion in debt alongside Europe’s continuing sovereign debt crisis sent global stock markets into a panic last month. At press time, markets were still extremely volatile. But the dislocation could present opportunities for private equity funds and investors, Asian market participants included, says Juan Delgado-Moreira, managing director and head of Europe and Asia for Hamilton Lane
4 min read · 15 January 2013
