Fund Management

Mark Weisdorf, who took a Canadian pension from zero to $5 billion in private equity commitments, sees even bigger opportunities in infrastructure.

Thanks to the surging profits of a nutrition supplement company, one of America's oldest private equity firms is still going strong.

Private equity real estate firms add value—and earn their carry—by transforming property assets. PERE looks at three real-world examples. By Paul Fruchbom

Distressed real estate investors in China have continually been disappointed by the government's stilted progress in selling off non-performing loans. Yet with China's entrance to the WTO looming, a concerted push to reform the country's banking system is underway—opportunities for NPL investors may soon follow. By Jack Rodman*

For the past thirteen years, Apollo senior partner Lee Neibart has helped build a real estate portfolio that extends from the five boroughs of New York City to the far-flung capitals of Eastern Europe. In his office high above Columbus Circle, Neibart recently sat down with PERE to talk about the evolution of Apollo, the significance of the Time Warner Center and his passion for politics. By Paul Fruchbom

As private equity firms increasingly invest in businesses with valuable real estate assets, the sale-leaseback is becoming an increasingly handy—and popular—financing tool. By Aaron Lovell

For the past 40 years, Sam Zell has been one of the biggest and most successful players in the US real estate market. Always opinionated, never boring, Zell recently sat down with PERE to discuss his views on the global real estate market, his unconventional holiday gifts and why he likes Libya and Brazil. By Paul Fruchbom

Investors in private equity funds should be happy about financial engineering but for two facts: everybody's doing it, and it's headed for a dry spell. David Snow reports.

Yet another reason to be envious of Tom Perkins of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers – he's published a pot-boiler.

The sale of Anteon International will end the company’s ten-year run in the Caxton-Iseman Capital portfolio and bring the firm a significant profit in the process.