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The US-based growth investor has brought on Fernando Marques Oliveira as managing director to spearhead the firm’s ramped-up investment activity in Latin America. General Atlantic last month invested in Brazilian healthcare insurance group Qualicorp.
Why the collapse of venerable UK high street retailer Woolworths with its 800 stores is unlikely to arouse much interest from private equity real estate funds. 
The Washington DC-based private equity giant has invested in China’s education sector, in a week that has also seen the firm close its Warsaw office and Sydney-based Asian leveraged finance group.
The second-largest pension fund in the UK is increasing its headcount as it seeks to grow its private equity allocation.
The British Opportunities Fund managed by Managing Partners Limited says it has bought 18 homes in one particular street in Portsmouth because prices have dropped up to 40 percent in some cases.
A firm set up by Perry Kurash, who cut his teeth at private property company Topland, has established a corporate finance house with four others to source Middle Eastern capital looking for a home in property.
The Wall Street firm has deferred the final close of its latest global property vehicle because investors have asked for more time. The firm remains confident, however, it is on track to raise its target of up to $10 billion.
UK fund manager New Star has been forced to take action following mass redemptions at its international property fund in the past few weeks.
Lehman’s European real estate assets have received over 300 expressions of interest since the company went into administration in September.
The Wall Street firm has deferred the final close of its latest global vehicle because investors have asked for more time, according to people familiar with the situation. The firm remains confident, however, it is on track to raise its target of up to $10 billion.
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