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Blackstone, Morgan Stanley top PERE 30The New York-based private equity real estate firms are once again the two largest private equity real estate firms in the world. The top 30 firms raised more than $211 billion in value-added, opportunistic capital over the past five years.
- Morgan Stanley loses fund of fund executive
Karl Beinkampen has left the bank’s private equity fund of funds business, which recently raised more than $1bn for its fourth fund of funds.
- AnaCap buys Maltese bank
The FIG-focused firm is deploying a recently closed €575m fund, having in May become the first private equity firm to buy a UK bank.
- AnaCap corrals €575m for financials
The UK-based financial services specialist has almost doubled the size of its first fund as it seeks to capitalise on opportunities thrown up by the last two years’ turbulence in the financial sector.
- Morgan Stanley raises $1bn fund of funds
The bank’s Alternative Investment Partners division will target buyout funds in North America and Western Europe, global venture and global special situations funds.
- Morgan Stanley hires two to build FoFs arm
Carolijn ter Haar and David Boyle will join Joseph Stecher, the chief investment officer of Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners, to develop the recently-launched FoFs business. Ter Haar was previously with Mn Services and Boyle with REMCap.
- Head of Merrill Lynch Real Estate in Asia quits
Tim Grady, the head of global commercial real estate in Asia Pacific for Merrill Lynch has quit in the latest personnel change since the bank was acquired by Bank of America last year.
- Report: Ping An refutes private equity rumours
The Chinese insurance heavyweight has said it has no plans to launch an RMB 20bn private equity fund in 2009, as media reports suggested earlier this week.
- Diving into distressed investing
As the global economy sinks, interest in distressed and turnaround investments has grown.
- Waiting for the thaw
Looming year-end revaluations have put secondary deals on ice – but a $30bn ‘avalanche’ of closable deal flow awaits.