July / August 2012 Issue


    Month: July
    Year: 2012

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    STATESIDE: Opportunistic to the core

    Can opportunistic managers do a core strategy? It’s a question that has been tossed around the private equity real estate world for some time, but one that the industry may be spending more time pondering these days. PERE Magazine, July/August 2012 issue

    NORDIC ROUNDTABLE: No chip off the Euro bloc

    How should the Nordics be characterised by international investors? According to those operating on the ground, the answer is as one bloc, but with key differences. PERE Magazine, July/August 2012 issue.

    FEATURE: The right diversification

    Few commingled multi-managers have attracted equity in 2012, but those firms that have are bent on ensuring they maintain a healthy understanding of what makes a truly diversified portfolio. PERE Magazine July/August 2012 issue.

    FEATURE: Betting on Brazilian distress

    Private equity real estate firms are seeing ‘many, many billions’ of dollars in potential equity and debt investments arise from the distress of the Latin American nation’s cash-strapped public homebuilders. PERE Magazine, July/August 2012 issue.

    EUROZONE: Deutsche’s detritus

    The collapse of talks between Deutsche Bank and Guggenheim Partners over the sale of RREEF leaves staff to muddle through until September. PERE Magazine July, August 2012 issue.

    EUROPE NEWS: The vultures are circling

    Private equity firms are buying into the debt structures of troubled operators that are rich in real estate, with Toys R Us and General Healthcare Group currently being evaluated. PERE Magazine July, August 2012 issue.

    EUROPE NEWS: Sometimes it’s hard to find a woman

    European leaders in private equity real estate have reacted to the growing ‘diversity’ debate that began in the US, with the chief executive of AXA REIM saying targets should be set. PERE Magazine July, August 2012 issue.

    EUROPE NEWS: As good as Goldman

    James Garman, co-head of real estate at Goldman Sachs, told delegates at the PERE Summit: Europe how the bank is gearing up for a European debt fund, how it just struck its first equity deal in three years and how it is approaching life under the Volcker rule. PERE Magazine July, August 2012.

    BLUEPRINT: Over there

    Kennedy Wilson may have started out as a US real estate auction platform but, after establishing a beachhead in Europe last year via a platform takeover in Ireland, the Beverly Hills-based real estate firm plans to move its troops further into the Continent. PERE Magazine, July/August 2012.

    ASIAVIEW: From wrench to strength

    The news coming from Goodman Group last month demonstrates just how far the Australian logistics giant has come in the last five years. PERE Magazine July/August 2012 issue.

    ASIA NEWS: The call of the frontier

    Cube Capital is pitching a real estate fund targeting investments in Myanmar, Mongolia and Vietnam after notching early successes with direct investments. PERE Magazine July/August 2012 issue.

    ASIA NEWS: Keeping it simple

    Last month, MGPA bought a $152 million office portfolio held in a defaulted CMBS structure without having to navigate the complicated capital stack. PERE Magazine July/August 2012 issue.

    ASIA NEWS: China’s bigger Harvest

    Real estate investment management in China soon could have a new large player in Harvest Fund Management, if a slated joint venture with Grosvenor comes to fruition. PERE Magazine July/August 2012 issue.

    AMERICAS NEWS: Winding down

    Two US loan portfolio sales this year mark the beginning of the end for Eurohypo. PERE Magazine, July/August 2012 issue

    AMERICAS NEWS: Get real

    JPMorgan believes another $715 billion in pension money could funnel into ‘real assets’ as a separate asset class as investors move towards more stable, bond-like investments. PERE Magazine, July/August 2012 issue

    AMERICAS NEWS: A whole new fund game

    Brookfield’s latest real estate vehicle is setting a precedent for the firm in more ways than one. PERE Magazine, July/August 2012 issue