Leveraged Breakdowns

Welcome to Part Six of our Fund Profile Series. We’re continuing our cross-examination of the top 50 global real estate private equity (REPE) firms, as per the 2020 PERE 100 list.   As you'll know by now if you’ve been following along, each REPE fund profile briefly summarizes each fund’s history, as well as getting into the details of how the firms carry out their real estate equity investments—we’re hoping to help you get up to speed for your upcoming real estate private equity interviews by the end of each post! Now that we’ve looked at Lone Star Funds in Part Five of the series, we’re moving on to focus on AEW Global in more detail. Key facts about AEW AEW was founded in Boston in 1981 by Peter Aldrich, Tom Eastman, and Mark Waltch. The firm became one of the first U.S. REIT advisors in 1995, adding global REITs to its portfolio a decade later, in 2005. Fueled by its domestic growth, the firm expanded into the European market in 1996 with the opening of its Paris ...

Welcome to Part Five of our Fund Profile Series. If you’ve been following along, you’ll see we’re steadily working our way through the top 50 global real estate private equity (REPE) firms, as per the 2020 PERE 100 list.  Each Fund Profile briefly summarizes each fund’s history, as well as getting into the details of the funds themselves. And to help you prep for your upcoming real estate private equity interviews, we also outline a few of each firm’s key real estate equity investments in recent years.  So following on from Part Four , which focused on Singapore-based GLP, up next: we’re holding Lone Star Funds up to the lens. Some background about Lone Star Funds Lone Star Funds is a Dallas-based private equity firm that specializes in distressed debt acquisitions across the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia.  The firm was founded as Brazos Partners in 1993, and was originally a joint venture between the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and a Texas billionaire,...

Welcome to Part Four of our Fund Profile post series. Here, we take an in-depth look at the top 50 real estate private equity (REPE) firms to help you hit the ground running in your interviews with real estate private equity firms.  Each REPE fund profile will briefly summarize each fund’s history, as well as getting into the details of the funds themselves. Our series will also outline a few of each firm’s key real estate equity investments in recent years. By the end of each post, you should have a solid starting point to aid your preparations for your upcoming real estate private equity interviews. Following on from our focus on the Starwood Capital Group in Part Three of the series , this fourth part will examine the GLP Fund in more detail. Key facts about GLP GLP started life as Global Logistics Properties back in 2007 with its main focus on, well, logistics real estate. Founded by Ming Z. Mei and Jeffrey H. Schwartz in Singapore, the firm’s purpose was to buy Japanese an...

Welcome to Part Three of our Fund Profile post series. Here, we take an in-depth look at the top 50 real estate private equity (REPE) firms to help stand you in good stead for your interview with a real estate private equity firm.  Each REPE fund profile will briefly summarize each fund’s history, as well as getting into the details of the funds themselves. Our series will also outline a few of each firm’s key real estate equity investments in recent years. By the end of each post, you should have a solid starting point to aid your preparations for your upcoming real estate private equity interviews. Following on from Part Two of the series which focused on Brookfield Asset Management , the third part of this series will examine the Starwood Capital Group in more detail. Key facts about the Starwood Capital Group Barry Sternlicht founded Starwood Capital in 1991 as a joint venture with Robert (Bob) Faith after meeting as MBA students at Harvard Business School (yes, that’s the ...

As part of our new post series, we will continue to take an in-depth look at the top 50 real estate private equity (REPE) firms in order of their prominence. Each REPE fund profile will briefly summarize each fund’s history, as well as getting into the details of the funds themselves. Our series will also outline a few of each firm’s key real estate equity investment in recent years. By the end of each post, you should have a solid starting point to aid your preparations for your upcoming real estate private equity interviews. Following on from Part One of the series which focused on the Blackstone Group, the second part of this series will examine Brookfield Asset Management in more detail. Key Facts About Brookfield Asset Management Founded by William Mackenzie and Frederick Stark Pearson in 1899, Brookfield Asset Management Inc. was originally set up in Brazil as a utility management company called the Brazilian Traction, Light and Power Company. The company was later rena...

This is a new series of posts that will take an in-depth look at the top real estate private equity (REPE) firms. In each post, we will briefly summarize each fund’s history, as well as getting into the details of their funds, and we will outline a few of their key real estate equity investments in recent years. By the end of each post, you will have a solid base of knowledge to help you prepare for your upcoming real estate private equity interview . We will be creating fund profiles for the top 50 REPE firms (in order of their prominence). So up first, we have: The Blackstone Group. Key things you should know about The Blackstone Group Originally founded in 1985 as a M&A advisory firm by Peter Peterson and Stephen Schwarzman, the Blackstone Group is one of the largest private equity firms in the world. The firm has a global team of over 3,100 employees dispersed between their 25 international offices including London, Singapore, Sydney, and Copenhagen. Within its real es...