In the same week, the New York private equity firm has acquired $74m in Boston properties and closed a net-lease fund on $160m.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Jonny Maxwell, one of the industry’s most high-profile executives, has walked away from the fund of funds business he built over almost two decades after failing to agree a buyout with his employer.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Central bank has called for more and improved data to better understand the potential impact on financial stability posed by hedge funds and their involvement in credit derivatives used by banks to offset risk in lending to buyouts.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The ratings agency says infrastructure is overvalued, blaming private equity interest in the sector and cheap financing.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Michael Spies and his growing roster of senior investment professionals are carefully expanding Tishman Speyer's already significant footprint in Europe. Spies and company recently shared with PERE their team-oriented approach to investing in Europe's biggest cities. By Robin Marriott
9 min read · 12 January 2013
The specter of time is haunting private equity real estate, as every stage of the investment process is now likely to take longer than before.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
KKR appoints China advisors * Kleiner Perkins bolsters China resource * AlixPartners to ride India wave * Herbert Smith hires for new Dubai office * Bain appoints Japanese tech veteran * Green joins Barwon as third partner * Navis expansion gathers speed * ABN AMRO expands Asia financial sponsor coverage
5 min read · 12 January 2013
A new $2.5m wealth threshold for investment in private equity and hedge funds would dramatically reduce the number of US investors considered accredited.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
The UK’s Financial Services Authority has outlined the possible threats to financial stability posed by private equity.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
In recent days, the investment bank has announced three successive strategic investments alterative investment platforms, including a hedge fund, fund of hedge funds and a distressed investment firm, in an ongoing bid to bolster its alternative investment business.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
