A substantial investor in Australias largest private village operator, RetireAustralia, is Americas J.P. Morgan Chase bank. The investment is through its Hong Kong based fund Global Special Opportunities Group which has US$2.1B under management. New US banking laws that limit what they can invest in, especially the Volker rule, are about to come into effect. Four American private equity funds have been shortlisted to negotiate with. The sale is not expected to affect RetireAustralia. J.P. Morgan bought the original shares from AMP Capital
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Brookfield offloads Aveo, targets US$10B American seniors housing giant
Fresh from selling Aveo for $3.85 billion, Brookfield Asset Management is looking to spend more than US$10 billion (A$15 billion) acquiring Yes! Communities, a major US manufactured home operator owned by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC.