One week after Singapore-listed developer and fund manager Banyan Tree Holdings held a final close for its first real estate development fund, Steve Small, the chief executive officer of the vehicle, shares his views on the hospitality real estate climate with PERE.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The real estate arm of global asset management group Franklin Templeton Investments holds a final close for its Asian multi-manager product.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
VinaCapital, the Vietnamese asset management, banking and real estate consultancy, is putting the finishing touches on its second dedicated property fund. The fund will be fully privately funded, unlike the firm's first opportunity fund.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The Singapore sovereign wealth fund looks to alternative assets, including real estate, private equity and infrastructure to mitigate against further losses after a tumultuous year saw its portfolio shrink by more than one fifth.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
As limited partners see distressed development as an investment opportunity, they are asking general partners for shorter fund lengths.
1 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
CIMB Standard, the joint venture private equity and infrastructure platform of CIMB Group and Standard Bank, is to manage an incoming infrastructure fund aimed at investing in Asia’s “emerging countries”. The vehicle already has $250 million of equity commitments from its sponsors.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
After real estate losses constituted the biggest part of the Canadian pension’s $5.7 billion loss for the half-year to 30 June, it has decided to “reposition” its real estate exposure.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Beijing-based insurance giant next month will introduce plans to expand into private equity, real estate and infrastructure investments.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The Chinese Sovereign Wealth fund has reportedly shortlisted nine fund managers taking part in the US Public-Private Investment Plan.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
