Private Equity
To ensure the continued flow of capital commitments, private equity firms must assume the role of teacher when approaching institutions – and not sugarcoat the facts, writes Christopher Witkowsky.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
The US banking regulator, the FDIC, has placed 702 institutions on its “problem list”. Lenders have written off 2.6% of their real estate loans to date – the highest level since records began.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
LPs are expected to invest $8 billion of new capital to value-added and opportunistic funds in 2010. REITs believe some of that money should go to them. PERE magazine June 2010
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Glamour Sales will use the capital from AXA and Mandra Capital to expand its Japanese operations and penetrate the Chinese market.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The $8.2bn Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System will invest 90% of its portfolio in closed-ended commingled funds, primarily with core and value-added managers.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Investors prepared to place bold bets in the hope of outsized returns might find what they're looking for in the world's so-called frontier markets. Yvette Choo finds out why Cambodia and Mongolia merit serious consideration.
8 min read · 05 January 2013
Real estate remains the most popular alternative asset class among pension funds despite a 4% fall in assets under management in 2008, according to a Watson Wyatt survey. Allocations to private equity and infrastructure rose by 4% each.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
GTI Group and New Enterprise Associates have reportedly invested $16m in Nova Medical Healthcare Centres to fund the company's expansion.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Property markets in the US have not corrected, despite the high prices gained in some recent landmark deals. However, fund managers are in danger of investing capital ‘out of sheer boredom of not doing deals’.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
US venture capitalists are strikingly upbeat on their industry’s future – despite challenges including potential tax hikes on carry, finds Amanda Janis.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
