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Of the nearly $31 billion expected to be invested from foreign firms in the next two years, the biggest share is expected to go to real estate.

Interest continues in logistics in the Benelux region with this latest fund focusing on the Netherlands.

The former senior investment officer for global equity has resigned her position at the California pension to become chief executive of the recently spun-out hedge fund sponsor.

PERE looks at the year just passed and selects the top ten trends that shook the private equity real estate market.

Private equity firms continue to target the country’s aging demographic.

The firm has partnered with Meiho Enterprise to launch the “Ecomagination” environmentally-friendly condo development business.

The firm’s Select Property Fund has acquired a property in Sydney for AU$26m from GE Real Estate.

Vatika has secured funding from Baer Capital Partners and Goldman Sachs.

Private capital to real estate increased 13.5 percent from Q3 2006 to Q3 2007. International real estate investments jump 96 percent, according to Pensions & Investments magazine.

The firm has made its first investment in India, sinking $70m into a Bangalore- and Hyderabad-based residential developer.