Christie Ou
Christie Ou is the Asia-Pacific reporter for PERE covering the private equity real estate markets in the region. Prior to joining PERE, she covered Asia’s business market for Bloomberg Business Week Chinese and the credit market for UK-based Private Debt Investor. She is a native speaker of Cantonese and Mandarin, with solid command of writing and speaking
in English. Christie holds her bachelor degree at London School of Economics and a master degree in journalism at the University of Hong Kong.
The investor backed the likes of Madison Realty Capital, Cheyne and PAG in its latest disclosure, with debt making up a significant share of its new fund commitments.
The push to increase investment speed and efficiency comes after the rapid expansion of the investor's property portfolio.
The Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund has formed a separately managed account with the Hong Kong-based firm.
Massive capital hauls from Blackstone masked what was otherwise a tepid capital raising environment during the first half of the year.
The Japanese pension is shifting from “cautiously“ to “steadily“ developing its real estate allocation, director Yoshitaka Todoroki said at the PERE Tokyo Forum.
The 16-year GIC real estate veteran will replace Gallistel, who is joining CBRE IM as the co-chief executive.
The Miami-based firm has garnered investments from some of the biggest institutional investors including CalSTRS and Mubadala.
Many institutions have retreated from direct lending in favor of the investment risk diversification offered by credit vehicles.
The firm’s real estate equity business last week received a A$600m commitment to back Australian development opportunities.
The quarter saw the close of four $1bn-plus mezzanine/debt funds, which accounted for a bulk of the capital raised during this period.