News & Analysis

In Asia, indigenous institutions are scaling up their regional property activities. Foreign private equity real estate investors could benefit.

The Chinese Communist Party cracks down on party members creative uses of property.

The warehouse developers chief executive says it is planning to double investment in Asia and Japan to as much as $12 billion and that it may launch a third fund with GIC.

Chicago-based real estate investment management firm Heitman has closed a Russia and Ukraine-focused fund on $145million (€101 million) with a commitment from GE.

The Association of Investment Companies, a UK trade body, has recommended the Walker report’s guidelines should be extended to all large companies because the regulations should not solely target private equity.

India’s largest private equity fund has become the latest to float a fund to cash in on India’s booming real estate sector, estimated to reach $90 billion by 2015.

As the chair of the Institutional Limited Partners Association, CalPERS’ Joncarlo Mark will focus on growing the organisation’s research and education platforms.

Advent International is following regional rival GP Investimentos into the Brazilian restaurant sector with its agreement to buy Viena for an undisclosed amount.

KSL Capital Partners has hired a hotel real estate professional to spearhead operations in Europe.

EVCA, the European trade body, has argued the UK private equity industry’s attempt at self-regulation, the Walker report, should address its reservations in order to become a “European benchmark”.