Announcing plans to save the investment bank from collapse, Lehman Brothers will separate its balance-sheet real estate assets into a new public company, as well as sell a 55 percent stake in an investment management unit that includes Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking and Lehman Brothers Real Estate.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Announcing plans to save the investment bank from collapse, Lehman Brothers has confirmed speculation it will sell a majority stake in its investment management unit, which includes Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking, Lehman Brothers Real Estate and groups managing venture capital, infrastructure, credit and funds of funds.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Announcing plans to save the investment bank from collapse, Lehman Brothers has confirmed speculation it will sell a majority stake in its investment management unit, which includes Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking, Lehman Brothers Real Estate and groups managing venture capital, infrastructure, credit and funds of funds.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Carlyle is making up for losses with some burned investors, reveals David Snow.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Goldman Sachs' Whitehall platform has become among the most dominant players in global property investment, raising billions and executing deals in an inimitable Goldman fashion. The firm is so opaque that even its own PPMs contain no fund-level performance data. Investors who sign on as limited partners gain access to the immense Whitehall footprint, but pay what many view to be a dizzying array of fees for the privilege. PERE goes inside an enviable franchise that its rivals have at times called ‘The Evil Empire.’ By Robin Marriott and Zoe Hughes
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Continued keen interest in Asian private equity on the part of institutional investors has kept fund of funds managers very busy. But as economic growth weakens and capital deployment slows, the future holds some interesting challenges. Siddharth Poddar reports.
9 min read · 12 January 2013
Goldman Sachs' Whitehall platform has become among the most dominant players in global property investment, raising billions and executing deals in an inimitable Goldman fashion. The firm is so opaque that even its own PPMs contain no fund-level performance data. Investors who sign on as limited partners gain access to the immense Whitehall footprint, but pay what many view to be a dizzying array of fees for the privilege. PERE goes inside an enviable franchise that its rivals have at times called ‘The Evil Empire.’ By Robin Marriott and Zoe Hughes
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Continued keen interest in Asian private equity on the part of institutional investors has kept fund of funds managers very busy. But as economic growth weakens and capital deployment slows, the future holds some interesting challenges. Siddharth Poddar reports.
9 min read · 12 January 2013
The hold time for venture investments now averages more than eight years. Western IPO markets have shut down. Investors and entrepreneurs may increasingly feel trapped. Amanda Janis reports on the venture industry's growing need for liquidity and the firms poised to provide it.
9 min read · 12 January 2013
In today's secondaries market, many different sellers have many different motivations. By David Snow.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
