Jonathan Brasse
Former Aareal, Hypo Real Estate and Deutsche Bank executive Christoph Donner is to assume the role more than six months after it was vacated by James Stolpestad.
The China-focused joint venture investment management platform formed two years ago is to switch focus to advising Chinese institutions on overseas investments.
Ellis Short, the former principal at Lone Star, has raised $1.5bn in just five months for his new firm’s distressed European real estate debt investment fund and is thought to have another $1bn of capital commitments competing for the remaining $500 million of units.
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Institutional investors could be poised to make greater inroads into Europe’s non-performing commercial real estate loans market, according to a report published today by professional services giant Ernst & Young.
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By providing real estate debt financing alongside its more typical equity investments, the London-based private equity real estate firm has generated impressive returns for its second opportunity fund.
After an eventful couple of years at Grosvenor Fund Management, Asia head Morgan Laughlin is taking charge of a bigger player. PERE Magazine, December 2012/January 2013 issue.
The Hong Kong-based private equity real estate firm has opted to finish capital raising before reaching its original $500 million target in order to focus its efforts on taking advantage of current, attractive market conditions, particularly in China.
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co has encouraged its investors to increase their allocations to real estate and, in particular, to favour opportunistic investments.
This week milestones were reached for the London skyline as the Shard – Western Europe’s tallest tower - was inaugurated and Battersea Power Station was sold once again.
This week milestones were reached for the London skyline as the Shard – Western Europe’s tallest tower - was inaugurated and Battersea Power Station was sold once again.