Robin Marriott

The Washington, DC behemoth is to join the ranks of KKR, The Blackstone Group and Apollo Global Management via an initial public offering.

The New York private equity firm has set up a five- year fund with Sino-Ocean Land into which both parties are putting $70m.

The New York private equity firm has set up a five- year fund with Sino-Ocean Land into which both parties are putting $70m.

The New York private equity firm has set up a five year fund with Sino-Ocean Land into which both parties are putting $70m.

PERE Magazine September 2011 issue.

For the first time since the credit crisis, Aberdeen Asset Management has launched an Asia Pacific fund of funds vehicle, seeking out a range of strategies from core to opportunistic and targeting returns between 13 and 17 percent per year.

The real estate arm of Aberdeen Asset Management is looking to Sweden as the first in a country-by-country series of funds investing in residential property.

With Denmark’s banking system in disarray, Icelandic subsidiaries grinding out sales and pockets of localised distress in Sweden, the Nordic countries are no longer just about being a safe haven. PERE magazine July,August 2011 issue.

Hope for the revival of Europe’s CMBS market as Deutsche Bank places ‘DECO 2011-CSPK’ backed by a £302m loan made to The Blackstone Group to buy Chiswick Park in London. GIC is also revealed as the mezzanine lender to Blackstone for its deal.

The start-up firm run by Ric Lewis has brought forward a first close for Curzon Capital Partners III as it hones in on 5 European deals during a time when spreads between core-plus and value-added yields are at ‘a cyclical high’.