The US hedge fund is joining forces with a 50-year-old local firm.
The private equity real estate division of J.E. Robert Companies intends to build a scalable platform of low-price hotels in Britain.
The 2007 Ernst & Young Real Estate Private Equity Market Outlook painted a rosy picture of private equity real estate fundraising, but GPs who attended a breakfast meeting unveiling the results of the survey had mixed reviews on the investment climate.
Pithy quotes from people in and outside of the real estate industry
Asian private equity fund formation 2008: here is what the experts believe will happen in the coming year.
Robert Zulkoski created a stir when he left Colony Capital Asia Pacific in 2004 to set up Pangaea Capital Management, an Asia-focused special situations fund manager. Earlier this year, Pangaea became part of Oaktree Capital Management, a US alternative investment group with big plans for the region. The sale has thrust Zulkoski back into the spotlight and brought him back together with former colleagues at Colony. In September, Sharon Lim met him to learn how and why it all happened.
India remains reluctant to lift caps on foreign investment in corporate bonds. Critics say the country should change its stance now.
The Carlyle Group is moving towards closing the largest buyout in Australia since the market got squeezed by the global liquidity crunch sparked by the US subprime mortgage crisis in July.
Asian private equity is going through another record year of fund formation. Sharon Lim explains why, and asks for how much longer the boom can continue.
Banks and investment groups may have found a cure for debt indigestion in the form of the hung bridge fund. By Andy Thomson.