The global alternative asset manager has appointed Niel Thassim as head of Asia for its Private Funds Group to drive fundraising for private investment vehicles across its asset classes.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
The London-based firm will concentrate its efforts on its core private equity business.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
High prices and excessive borrowing from the country’s banks are some factors keeping the mainland property market in increasingly precarious 'bubble territory', according to Business Monitor International (BMI).
3 min read · 21 September 2013
Eddie Wong is teaming up with former Income Partners Asset Management partner Jiffriy Chandra to launch TransAsia Private Capital.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The sovereign wealth fund has further signalled its intent to handle more of its alternative investments directly.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The $57 billion fund’s chief investment officer Lee Dong Ik has vocalized its ambition to triple its allocation of alternative assets including real estate and private equity in the next three years.
1 min read · 19 September 2013
The Hong Kong-based private equity real estate firm’s decision to expand its investment horizons to include private equity and infrastructure is understood to have contributed to founder and chief executive officer Rong Ren’s decision to resign.
3 min read · 08 February 2013
The firm is in line to bank a £100m profit from the sale of its Nido Student Living accommodation business, according to sources.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The New York based alternative asset and advisory firm told a conference hosted by investment bank Goldman Sachs its first Asia focused real estate fund is in the offing.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The head of one of the largest real estate platforms in Asia, Victoria Shigehira Sharpe, is preparing to move to a newly-created, senior client-facing role at PREI Asia’s parent company.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
