The fund closing by Europe’s largest property fund manager comes as research shows €95 billion was invested in European property in the first half of 2006.
European buyout firm Bridgepoint’s buy-and-build strategy in the storage facility sector is starting to pay dividends with the refinancing of Safestore.
Peter Reinish, partner at Global Life Science Ventures, argues that biotechnology will play a decisive role in the development of the healthcare sector.
The government of Singapore’s real estate arm has purchased Munich’s tallest tower in a deal valued at €300m.
Global private equity firm The Carlyle Group has closed its second Japanese buyout fund on $1.9 billion.
Actis, UK private equity firm, is investing $15.5m to fund the expansion of an Indian hospital group that operates in Gujarat.
Europe’s biggest listed private equity firm has committed $40m to a real estate fund in India.
Castlebeck, sold to a subsidiary of the Barchester Healthcare Group, is HgCapital’s fifth transaction in the healthcare sector in the past 18 months.
The private equity arm of India’s Infrastructure Development Finance Company is backing the development of an entertainment hub that aspires to being India’s largest.
The oversubscribed fund will focus on early stage IT companies in the US, China and Japan.