Thursday, August 12, 2021

Mubadala and CDPQ Join Round Hill Capital on Dutch Residential Platform

Posted on 07/28/2021

Round Hill Capital is a global real estate investor, developer and manager. Round Hill Capital, along with Mubadala Investment Company and IvanhoĆ© Cambridge (real estate unit of Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec), announced a new strategic partnership to expand their Dutch Residential Investments strategy. 

The new partnership will see Round Hill Capital, Mubadala and IvanhoĆ© Cambridge use their combined expertise in global real estate investment to target high quality residential investments with an attractive risk adjusted return profile across the Netherlands. 

The partnership will build on the seed portfolio built to date with the aim of at least doubling the number of homes for rent under management. The partnership will target some of the largest Dutch cities with a high number of young professionals and families looking to take their first steps up the property ladder, but who are unable to do so because of local supply/demand imbalances. Round Hill Capital has been a significant investor in the Netherlands for seven years. Mubadala remains committed to investing in sustainable residential opportunities globally.

Round Hill Capital will lead operations; acquiring and managing properties across the Netherlands, with a focus on well located and well-designed residential assets that promote affordable, sustainable lifestyles for local communities.

Mubadala and Round Hill Capital 2020
Earlier, Round Hill Capital started a joint venture with Mubadala that saw the acquisition in 2020 of a portfolio of 821 affordable residential homes for rent in city center locations in the Netherlands.


BlackRock Invests in Mubadala Capital’s Private Equity World


Posted on 08/11/2021

Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala Capital is the asset management subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company.

BlackRock’s Secondaries and Liquidity Solutions group and a consortium of global institutional investors revealed plans to invest in a portfolio of assets, managed by Mubadala Capital, alongside a US$ 400 million commitment into Mubadala Capital’s third private equity fund (Fund III). Mubadala Capital Private Equity Fund III had a final close of US$ 1.6 billion. BlackRock and two unknown limited partners made up the US$ 700 million commitment part of the SLS deal.

Mubadala Capital manages around US$ 9 billion of assets in third-party managed funds across its private equity, public equities, venture capital, and Brazil businesses.

The deal gives Mubadala flexibility, meaning it can put part of a private equity deal on its balance sheet and the other portion in a fund vehicle that would be open to other investors.

BlackRock SLS
This partnership was formed in parallel with the final close of BlackRock’s US$ 3 billion Secondaries and Liquidity Solutions (SLS) strategy in March 2021. More than 70 institutional investors around the world committed capital to the fundraise, including public and private pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations, family offices and high-net-worth individuals. Institutional investors who participated in the fundraise include new and existing investors to BlackRock Private Equity Partners as well as BlackRock Alternative Investors. Through the SLS strategy, BlackRock seeks to invest in mid-sized secondary transactions. SLS is highly selective in seeking top risk-return opportunities across both traditional and non-traditional secondaries, including single and multi-fund portfolios, manager-led restructurings, and other opportunistic investments.

Earlier, BlackRock formed a late-stage and early-growth private equity platform with Temasek Holdings called Decarbonization Partners.

Mubadala is not a novice to these types of transactions. In 2017, French manager Ardian SA committed US$ 2.5 billion to Mubadala Capital.

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