Robin Marriott

The Finnish bank has invested in the capital Tallinn as it seeks to cash in on the Baltic region.

The firm has made a London hire to help manage the 13 investments made so far for JER Europe Fund III.

The European body has launched two initiatives designed to allow investors greater access to information to benchmark performance.

The European fund manager has rolled up and sold a package of German retail property for more than €900m, making three times money for LPs in the European Property Investors vehicle.

The departure of Bill Hughes is the latest in a series of resignations at RREEF, the real estate and infrastructure arm of Deutsche Bank.

Robin Marriott, Europe Editor of PEO’s sister site PrivateEquityRealEstate.com, profiles the man looking to buy UK retailer Sainsbury’s – and to succeed where a private equity consortium recently failed.

Blackstone has surpassed Goldman’s record for the biggest private equity fund raised to date, with the closing of its fifth fund on $21.7 billion.

The UK firm has retained an interest in Tank and Rast Holding rather than selling it outright, after striking a deal to sell 50 percent to the infrastructure division of Deutsche Bank for a reported €1.2 billion.

Delancey, the London-based fund manager run by Jamie Ritblat, son of British property magnate Sir John Ritblat, has set up an unusual fund structure allowing investors to commit long-term, unrestricted capital.

The Paris-based institutional property manager and its London affiliate Curzon Global Partners have held the third closing for PBW II but will have a final close in September to allow another €30 million of subscriptions.