Private Equity
Growth capital investor General Atlantic has invested $200m for a minority stake in internet security firm Kaspersky Labs.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
ING Real Estate Investment Management has agreed the sale of its A$2.5 billion Australian Securities Exchange-listed industrial fund to a consortium of buyers led by Sydney-based Goodman Group. The sale is the latest in a string of real estate offloads by Dutch parent company ING.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Jay Mantz, president and chief investment officer of Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing, told the PERE Forum: Europe that he expected the US to offer the best out-performance opportunities while Europe offers little by way of growth.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Rockley Group and Blue Oak Capital have each launched a fund this week in conjunction with local municipal governments in China.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
From an investigation into ties with sovereign funds to the looming investment advisor registration deadline, the SEC has made clear it will continue to monitor private equity firms closely. But whether or not it has sufficient resources to do so has industry insiders – and even a former SEC chairman – more than a little bit anxious.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Land Securities, the UK’s largest real estate developer, and Canary Wharf Group, owner of assets in Canary Wharf, today announced a joint venture to build a 690,000 square foot office in the City of London. The Financial Times reported the building would be backed by sovereign wealth from China Investment Council and Qatar Holdings.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The emerging markets-focused private equity firm has promoted Sanjiv Aggarwal, who heads Actis' South Asian Infrastructure business, to partner.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The $27.4bn endowment will keep eyeing secondaries sales and acquisitions, after reporting a 2.7% real estate loss in the past year. Real estate, though, would be one of the 'most interesting' opportunities over the next few years.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Harvard University is reportedly in advanced talks to sell underlying investments in around six US-focused real estate funds to China sovereign wealth fund, China Investment Corporation.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Henry Chen and Alex Emery have been promoted to spearhead Permira's Asian expansion. In addition, Yuji Kato has taken over Emery’s role of head of the Tokyo office.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
