Hong Kong-based alternative investment firm PAG is planning a new Asia buyout fund with a target of $6 billion, according to a Reuters account citing people with knowledge of the plan. PAG has reportedly started canvassing investors about the vehicle… Read More>>
Blackstone Takes Minority Stake in Hong Kong’s PAG
US alternative investment giant Blackstone announced today that it has acquired a minority stake in Hong Kong-based private equity firm PAG for an undisclosed sum.
The deal between Stephen Schwarzman’s 33-year-old investment firm and its new Asian-focused partner expands Blackstone’s… Read More>>
APL, ADIC, CV Starr and PAG Cash in Landmark Tokyo Building for Reported $1.4B
A group of investors led by Hong Kong-based Asia Pacific Land have sold the Shiba Park Building, once Japan’s most expensive en bloc asset, for a reported 150 billion yen ($1.4 billion), according to Tokyo-based brokerage Japan Property Central.
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Hanison Sells 50% Stake in Kowloon Office Tower for $102M – Buyer Said to Be PAG
Nine months after attempting to sell off a Cheung Sha Wan building by public tender, Hanison Construction surprised the market with the HK$800 million ($102 million) sale of a 50 percent stake in the PeakCastle commercial building in Hong Kong.
HNA Pledges HK$3B Stake in Kai Tak Developer to PAG in Return for Loan
What was once the site of one of Asia’s most challenging airports is rapidly turning into a lifesaver for China’s debt-addled HNA Group after the mainland conglomerate announced a deal yesterday that could provide it with a loan of as… Read More>>
Goldman Sachs, PAG Bet on Chinese Co-Working Startup Atlas
China’s co-working market is getting crowded, but a pair of global investment heavyweights are betting that there’s still room for another flexible office brand. Atlas, a Chinese provider of innovative workspaces affiliated with Agile Property, has won a long-term strategic… Read More>>
PAG, Hanison Sell Hong Kong Workshop to Tang Shing-bor for HK$1.04B
Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam announced in early October that government bureaus are developing new policies to revitalise old industrial buildings for non-industrial use, but the city’s real estate investors have already begun buying up aging workshops and warehouses… Read More>>
PAG Calls for Strategic Review of Spring REIT as Management Battle Boils Over
Alternative investment manager PAG Real Estate is calling for an external strategic review of Spring REIT by January 2018, following a failed effort to remove the REIT’s manager at an extraordinary general meeting held last week.
The move comes less… Read More>>
PAG Demands Legal Action as REIT Goes Rogue
A feud between a Hong Kong-listed real estate investment trust and one its biggest unit holders is ramping up, with alternative investment manager PAG demanding action by Hong Kong regulators over what it deems to be misleading statements by the… Read More>>
PAG Real Estate Closes Japan-Focused Opportunity Fund at $1.9B
The real estate arm of Hong Kong-based investment manager PAG has reached the final closing of its latest opportunistic Asian real estate fund with $1.9 billion in investor commitments, topping its initial target of $1.5 billion.
The Secured Capital Real… Read More>>