Subject: International (INTL)

Commercial Mortgage Securities Association's Europe chapter, CMSA-Europe, has formed an Investors Forum that will be open solely to investors of CMBS in Europe.Like the Investors Forum in the United States, the European forum would provide a venue through which bond ...

Morgan Stanley is planning to issue $2.9 billion of CMBS backed by loans on office buildings, hotels and other real estate in Japan, according to a report by Bloomberg.The transaction would be among the largest of its kind, if not ...

GE Real Estate has committed to invest $20 million in the Citic Capital Vanke China Property Development Fund, a vehicle that would make investments in China's apartment market.The investment marks GE's first investment in China's commercial real estate market. The ...

Morgan Stanley will shift its international real estate investment focus increasingly to China this year, according to a report on Bloomberg.The investment bank, which just completed raising $4.2 billion of equity for Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund V International, expects ...

A team of real estate investment bankers in Asia has jumped to Goldman Sachs from UBS, according to FinanceAsia.com.The five-person team, led by Michael Smith, head of real estate at UBS, gives Goldman a substantial presence in Asia, which is ...

Gale Co., which is selling its New Jersey real estate to Mack-Cali Realty Corp. in a $545 million transaction, said it would use proceeds from the deal to fund an investment vehicle that would pursue international real estate.The deal will ...

Eric Kaufman, who heads a pair of boutique real estate firms, is making a play on China. He's looking to raise between $100 million and $500 million to invest in Chinese commercial real estate and the debt markets.

Wachovia Securities is planning to expand its commercial mortgage business to Europe.The company plans to originate and securitize mortgages throughout the continent and will provide repurchase-agreement financing in England and Germany.Managing director Bill Cohane will lead Wachovia's securitization and REPO/warehouse ...

Rockpoint Group has opened offices in London and Frankfurt, Germany.The opportunistic investment firm, which late last year raised $1.7 billion for its second investment fund, has hired Rhys Lewis as director of acquisitions in London. Lewis was previously with Moorfield ...

Newmark & Co. has struck an agreement with Knight Frank, which bills itself as the world's largest real estate consultant, allowing both companies to expand their global reach.Combined, the two companies handle $41 billion of transactions annually, with revenue topping ...