While many investors are 'shell-shocked', Citi Property Investors’ president and CEO Roger Orf believes a trio of future investment opportunities offer up reasons for optimism. He said debt, residential and real estate securities could be 'silver linings'.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The real estate platform of Leon Black-led Apollo is vying with ING and Australia’s Macquarie Group to buy the management of the $8bn private equity real estate business of Citigroup
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Dallas-based firm’s attempt to buy Japan’s first failed REIT is blocked for a second time by creditors. A rival bid from Daiwa House remains on the cards if New City can avoid liquidation.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Ho Chi Minh City-based private equity and real estate firm has hired a former Zurich Financial and UBS investment professional to help launch two follow-up vehicles.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The jointly managed vehicle with Japanese financial heavyweight Sumitomo Trust & Banking is the second in a four- fund Asia strategy for the French insurance giant aimed at partnering with managers in each of its target countries.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Two New York-based private equity firms have been shortlisted to make an investment in Baltimore’s Seagirt Marine Terminal. The winning bidder would be able to increase the cargo capacity of the port and share in the resulting expected increased revenue.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Fresh from a $1.3bn fund close, the private equity firm has backed a start-up real estate investment firm led by former Lend Lease Europe chairman Nigel Hugill.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Advent has teamed with real estate investor Marcol for what the firms say is Germany’s largest private equity deal this year.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The real estate lender has filed for bankruptcy protection. Sponsors KKR, Five Mile and Goldman Sachs are set to record one of the biggest private equity losses in history.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
In a bid to improve its fundraising and structuring capabilities, the Hong Kong-based firm has appointed George Agethen from Australia’s Macquarie Capital Advisors.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
