Jonathan Brasse
In a bid to improve its fundraising and structuring capabilities, the Hong Kong-based firm has appointed George Agethen from Australia’s Macquarie Capital Advisors.
An investment firm part-owned by the Kuwait Investment Authority is eyeing China for returns of between 15%-19%.
Starwood has teamed up with TPG and other investors to buy a $4.5bn portfolio of loans and real estate from failed Chicago-based Corus Bank.
In a push to increase its investor base and list of joint venture partners, the Greensboro-based firm has hired placement agent Brian Bode from UBS.
Barry Sternlicht’s firm has led a consortium of investors in the purchase of loans made to condominiums by the Chicago-based bank, taking advantage of an attractive financing package offered by the failed bank’s receivers.
According to reports in the local media, the Houston-based developer and fund manager is aiming to start investing through the vehicle in the next six to nine months.
PERE has just hosted its third annual roundtable discussion in Asia. Among the revelations this year – local capital is rising as a game-changing factor in the region. By Jonathan Brasse
Direct real estate investing takes centre stage as Korea’s national pension fund seeks rapid growth in alternative assets. PERE magazine October 2009
The sovereign wealth fund of Singapore looks to alternative assets, including real estate, private equity and infrastructure, to mitigate against further losses after its portfolio shrink by more than one fifth in the past year.
Brazilian pension funds are to be able to commit up to 20 percent of their capital to asset classes including real estate and infrastructure. The change in regulation is part of a wider strategy to reduce exposure to fixed-income assets.
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