The Carlyle Group announced the firm hired an Ernst & Young veteran from the region to advise the firm’s investments within the country.
The Pacific Shores Center was the right building at the wrong time, but it was still able to go from dot-com bust to post-bubble boom.
The quoted Vietnam-focused real estate company, which spun out of private equity firm VinaCapital, has raised double its initial target of $200m in its second round of fundraising.
The French quoted investment group with €6 billion under management has rationalised its business and sold its non-core interests in venture capital and real estate for $214 million to US insurer AIG.
Two US real estate investment firms have struck separate sale and leaseback deals with Kwik-Fit in Europe totaling €213m.
The Blackstone Group is reportedly close to filing for an initial public offering of the firm just weeks after Steven Schwarzman dismissed the public markets as a source of capital for buyout fundraising.
As expected, UK-listed buyout group 3i has sold UK car park operator NCP to Macquarie for £790m, realising a substantial profit just a year and a half after buying the company.
A group of investors, including Blackstone Real Estate co-head Chad Pike, discussed the evolution of private equity real estate and infrastructure during a panel discussion yesterday at MIPIM.
London-based Europa Capital has held a first close of €100m on its new fund targeting property in Eastern and Southeastern Europe, which is being headed up by former EBRD pro Tim Norman.
The private equity firm has sold a majority stake in its German residential company to Morley Fund Management and Round Hill Capital.