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Jennifer Harris

Real estate has never been harder to value

A panel of property valuation experts this week bemoaned the dislocation in the real estate market and the difficulties of finding fair value where willing sellers are few and far in between.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Need an annex? Time to genuflect

There are roughly four ways for GPs to 'top up' the capital in an existing fund, but each method comes with some harsh concessions

4 min read · 05 January 2013

Conversus lowers management fees by 20%

The publicly listed fund of funds halted investments in April, and has reduced management fees until it returns to growth mode.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Proposed placement ban draws 170 comments

The SEC must now review the comments, which are overwhelmingly opposed to the ban, before drafting a final rule.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Blackstone’s Ford joins Walek & Associates

John Ford will be assisting the public relations firm on an as-needed basis to support its international expansion.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Avaya to pay $915m for Nortel assets

The Silver Lake- and TPG-backed company won out over a joint venture between Siemens and The Gores Group, despite protests from creditors including MatlinPatterson.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

CalPERS endorses ILPA policies

The $185bn pension's latest move to reduce fees paid to GPs includes backing the Institutional Limited Partners Association’s new terms and conditions guidelines.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Four GPs receive 'pay-to-play' wrist slaps

Levine Leichtman, HM Capital, Access Capital and Falconhead Capital will pay a total of $4.5m to settle with the New York attorney general’s office.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

FASB proposal would force ‘alternative’ fair values

Draft guidance from the US accounting rules body would require private equity CFOs to document multiple potential valuations for portfolio investments.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

Vision Capital strengthens operations, hires 4

The London-based firm has strengthened its bench after its seventh fund dramatically increased its AUM this year.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

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