The Carlyle co-founder said he and other private equity players would be among the biggest buyers of the distressed mortgage- and real estate-related assets set to be acquired by the US governments’ $700bn financial rescue plan.
The buyout giant has said ‘a number of market conditions’ caused its investment portfolio to lose $1.2bn in value in the first half of 2008, while the firm’s compensation costs for an expanding stable of employees grew by 80 percent.
The $80.1bn Washington State Investment Board has approved $1.7bn in commitments, including $900m to two RE funds. The pension also committed $600m to private equity funds and $250m to infrastructure and commodities.
Six out of 10 commercial real estate executives believe the credit crisis has now had a greater impact on the real estate industry than during the crisis of the late 1980s, early 1990s. Just 10 percent are ‘bullish’ on the opportunities created by the distress, most attracted to multifamily.
The $80.1bn Washington State Investment Board has approved $1.7bn in commitments, including $900m to two RE funds. The pension also committed $600m to private equity funds and $250m to infrastructure and commodities.
Six out of 10 commercial real estate executives believe the credit crisis has now had a greater impact on the real estate industry than during the crisis of the late 1980s, early 1990s. Just 10 percent are ‘bullish’ on the opportunities created by the distress, most attracted to multifamily.
Six out of 10 commercial real estate executives believe the credit crisis has now had a greater impact on the real estate industry than during the crisis of the late 1980s, early 1990s. Just 10 percent are ‘bullish’ on the opportunities created by the distress, most attracted to multifamily.
Private equity is well positioned to cope with the credit crunch, but its main worry is what comes afterwards, writes Philip Borel.
Blank cheque company MBF Healthcare Acquisition will pay $12m less for Kohlberg & Company-owned Critical Homecare Solutions, just a month after cutting the initial price tag from $534m to $479m. The SPAC arranged a new financing scheme last month.
The real estate investment firm has bought the office property that was the backdrop to the US TV show, LA Law, from Broadway Partners for an undisclosed sum. Broadway says it is in the midst of ‘harvest[ing]’ the value of its property portfolio.