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According to reports in the local media, the Houston-based developer and fund manager is aiming to start investing through the vehicle in the next six to nine months.

The Houston-based developer and fund manager has teamed with the real estate arm of the National Bank of Abu Dhabi as it seeks to increase its exposure to the region.

Opening up alternative assets to non-institutional investors, from HNWIs to 401(k) account holders, represents up to $80trn. It's an alluring pot of capital for an industry with flatlining annual fundraising figures in some asset classes. And yet, multiple headwinds exist, making the journey towards increasing democratisation far from straightforward.

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A new player in UK private equity real estate has emerged, as Wainbridge Capital reaches a first close of £50m for a value-added fund with equity mainly from wealthy Russians.

Pierre Cherki will relocate to New York to lead the real estate investment arm of Deutsche Bank, while current incumbent Chuck Leitner will lead a global alliance to ‘green’ real estate.

Over the past five years, the top 30 private equity real estate firms in the world have raised more than $211 billion -10 percent more than when PERE last counted capital raising efforts by the industry. Read on to discover the firms garnering the most. PERE Magazine May 2009.

Though there are some obvious signs of distress in Dubai, there are not enough reasons to form an opportunistic investment strategy for the emirate. By Jonathan Brasse. PERE magazine, November 2009.

The Boston skyscraper was sold for a reported $20.1m, plus the assumption of a $640.5m mortgage, after Broadway Partners defaulted on a loan. Broadway paid $1.3bn for the skyscraper and two other buildings in 2006.