The Paris-based property fund manager has made its third investment for its large value-added vehicle, European Property Investors Special Opportunities.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The US distressed investor is reportedly interested in rescuing the UK’s largest estate agency from the brink of collapse. Apollo acquired the firm at the height of the UK housing bubble for £1bn.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Residential developers are starting to raise prices on distressed housing stock sales in a ‘clear early sign’ that the housing market is reaching the bottom, says property investment company, Assetz. House prices at auctions also appear to have started to plateau since the New Year, according to the same firm.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
The volume of real estate sales has increased this year as corporates struggle to access traditional sources of capital, according to a property report. Real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle says in its latest Global Real Estate Capital Report that 'sale and leaseback' transactions should reach $34bn by the end of the year.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
The UK has unveiled new measures to help its battered banking industry, but BVCA chief Simon Walker cautions 'while a host of private equity investors stand ready' to rescue ailing companies, they can only do so if the banks actually get lending.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The New York-based alternative asset manager is expanding its partnership as it expands its core strategies.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The Italian alternatives firm – one of Southern Europe’s earliest international private equity fund of funds operators – has hired Seth Lieberman to head up its new global real estate platform.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Leon Black’s Apollo Global Management looks to enter the real estate space.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The German insurance firm, which is the process of building a global property investment business, has acquired a stake in a New York office on the Avenue of the Americas.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Matthew Ryall is joining the German insurer to head up its multi-fund strategy. The appointment comes one week after Allianz unveiled Olivier Piani as its head of real estate.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
