The $200bn pension’s senior portfolio manager for infrastructure investments had to return to Canada due to visa and immigration issues but has now resumed his position. He now has two additional portfolio managers under him, Christine Yokan and Todd Lapenna.
The newly-formed 1Malaysia Development Berhad has teamed up with Saudi-backed investment company, PetroSaudi International to launch a company aimed at co-investing with international investors in projects in Malaysia. Target sectors include energy and real estate.
The Northern Ireland-focused infrastructure fund listed William Howell, a reported friend of New York City Comptroller Bill Thompson, as a recipient of sales commissions in a regulatory filing submitted to the SEC.
The Connecticut-based private equity firm purchased a 43% stake in an Arizona coal power station. The firm focuses on investing in what it calls ‘core capital assets’, such as locomotives, ships and energy production equipment, which are vital to the operations of the corporations that own them.
The £3.2bn London Pension Fund Authority is looking to redeploy part of its cash pile in investments in private equity and infrastructure.
Infrastructure Investor: New York gathered many bellwether participants in the infrastructure asset class for a passionate debate about the opportunities and challenges facing them. Cezary Podkul introduces the top 10 takeaways from the event.
Prudential Real Estate Investors was one of only two private equity real estate firms to survive the RTC intact, becoming – in time – one of the world’s largest real estate investment managers. Despite its global heft though, chief executive officer Allen Smith believes the firm is as nimble, and flexible, as any boutique operation. PERE Magazine October 2009
Clear views on a cloudy day: four veterans of the US real estate market compare notes high above Manhattan. PERE magazine October 2009
The sovereign wealth fund of Singapore looks to alternative assets, including real estate, private equity and infrastructure, to mitigate against further losses after its portfolio shrink by more than one fifth in the past year.
Blackstone’s chairman has told the SEC a firm like his would never have reached its level of success, which directly benefits pensioners, without placement agents.
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