Robin Marriott

Ernst & Young expert says the newly-proposed European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) on over-the-counter derivatives is going to restrict oppo funds in how they would like to make money for themselves and investors

With final bids for ING REIM due this month, the sale of the global property platform is being closely watched. PERE Magazine, November 2010 issue.

The private equity group has plans to create at least 4,000 beds in London in a joint venture with UK student accommodation operator Generation Estates.

The European team in charge of Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s European private equity real estate platform has bought out its GP interests and has launched new shop, Peakside Capital.

A recent study suggests 43 percent of private equity GPs think incentives have never been greater to spin out – but in reality it is not that easy. PERE Magazine September 2010 issue

Following in the footsteps of a long line of mega-firms, TPG is dipping a toe into real estate. But is it motivated more by opportunity or the need to deploy capital?

Private equity real estate fund managers in Europe have had no single voice to argue against the worst elements of the EU’s AIFM directive. They may repent at leisure.

The European Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Funds says work on the forthcoming regulation affecting alternative fund managers will be a priority for the organisation this year.

The British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA) is creating a body to ‘enhance’ understanding between investment firms and their investors.

Research by Swiss group, SCM Strategic Capital Management, suggests placement agents decided not to work for certain firms last year in the belief that their fundraising efforts would flounder