Real Estate
Pacific Alliance appoints new MD for realty unit
Pacific Alliance Group, the Asian alternative asset investment manager, has appointed Wei Song, who previously worked with Equity International, a privately-held real estate investment company...
People |
09 Mar 2010 | 
Unison Capital to acquire MK for real estate
Unison Capital, the Japanese buyout firm, will acquire a 61.3% stake in MK Capital Management, a listed real estate-related finance and asset management company, through a private placement of new shares due on April 5th this year.
North Asia |
03 Mar 2010 |
Morgan Stanley may hand over ANA hotels
Morgan Stanley may have to give up its $2.4 billion portfolio asset of Japan's ANA Hotel chain to creditors, if as expected, the firm fails to repay debts due in April this year.
Portfolio management |
18 Feb 2010 |
Morgan Stanley Real Estate set to sell China asset
Morgan Stanley Real Estate Asia (MSREA) is said to be in final talks to sell a Shanghai apartment complex to Alpha Investment Partners, a unit of Singapore-based developer Keppel Land, in a deal estimated at around $130 million.
Exits |
03 Feb 2010 |
Apollo gets hold of Holdfast
Leading Wall Street alternatives giant Apollo Global Management is taking on board Grant Kelley and the entire team of his own real estate platform Holdfast Capital, as part of creating a new Asian entity, Apollo Global Real Estate Management, Asia Pacific...
Real estate |
02 Feb 2010 |
BoA will retain Merrill Asia property funds
Bank of America is no longer selling Merrill Lynch's $2.65 billion Asian property fund business, which the US bank had originally planned to divest among other non-core businesses following its acquisition of Merrill at end 2008 during the financial ...
Real estate |
28 Jan 2010 |
GIC could lose $720 million
An announcement that New York-based property developer Tishman Speyer Properties and a unit of BlackRock will not be making a full scheduled debt payment on Manhattan Eastside properties Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village could cost the Government...
Real estate |
12 Jan 2010 |
NPS goes shopping in Sydney
South Korea’s National Pension Service has completed its bid for Aurora Place a 44-story office building known as one of the landmarks in Sydney’s central business district, for KRW750 billion ($660 million).
Real estate |
08 Jan 2010 |
Goldman sees China NYSE realty IPO
Goldman Sachs investee Century 21 China Real Estate, a franchised division of US real estate group Century 21, is planning to go IPO on the NYSE, aiming to raise $150 million by the end of January.
Real estate |
08 Jan 2010 |
MGPA buys Clerical Medical portfolio
Macquarie-backed private equity real estate investment advisory firm MGPA has paid £52.5 ($85 million) to buy Lands Improvement Holdings plc (LIH) in the UK, from Clerical Medial Investment Group, part of the Lloyds Banking Group.
Real estate |
22 Dec 2009 |
DE Shaw exits DLF Assets
DE Shaw has reportedly sold its 36% stake in Indian property trust DLF Assets, netting some $500 million.
Real estate |
22 Dec 2009 |
HSBC PE gets Executive Centre
HSBC Private Equity (Asia) Ltd. has acquired a majority stake in The Executive Centre, a manager of premium rental office spaces in Asia, from Marathon Asset Management, a New York-based alternative investment and asset management company with over $11...
Buyouts |
22 Dec 2009 |
Prudential Vietnam hires head of property fund
Former Executive Director of premier property developer Guocoland Malaysia Bhd, Seth Lim, has joined Prudential Vietnam Fund Management Company as Director, responsible for managing the PRUPIM Vietnam Property Fund.
Southeast Asia |
15 Dec 2009 |
Carlyle, Temasek see flat Kaisa IPO
The Carlyle Group and Temasek Holdings saw their investee Shenzhen property developer Kaisa Group Holdings begin trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange main board, in an IPO postponed since early 2008.
Exits |
15 Dec 2009 |
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The eleventh annual installment of the series will examine what's really changing in Japan's approach to business, investment, and the rest of the world...
Date: April 21st-22nd 2010
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