Australia And New Zealand

Qualitas’s Schwartz: European expansion could rival Australian arm

Andrew Schwartz, the Melbourne-based manager’s co-founder, says Europe’s lending market offers significant scope for growth.

Private real estate credit seeing a new, global ‘rotation of capital’

Attendees at June’s PERE Credit 100 launch breakfast briefing heard the need for income is driving capital to real estate credit.

Australia’s Qualitas enters Europe with Starz acquisition

The Melbourne-based manager has added a European platform through the purchase of the mid-market lender.

Tim Johnson on the globalization of real estate private credit

Real estate private credit has worldwide scope today, says Tim Johnson. But Blackstone’s global head of real estate debt tells PERE Credit that does not make it straightforward.

Qualitas makes the structural case for Australian real estate private credit

A convergence of demographic momentum, bank retreat and housing undersupply has created a rare and durable opportunity in Australian commercial real estate debt, says Andrew Schwartz, group managing director and co-founder at Qualitas.

ADIA commits up to $500m to Dignari Capital in private credit push

The Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund has formed a separately managed account with the Hong Kong-based firm.

LaSalle Investment Management on taking the open-end fund model road

LaSalle’s Craig Oram and Isabelle Brennan explain why an open-end debt strategy is a good fit in the current market.

Barings taps Eudicone to fuel real estate platform growth

The Charlotte-based manager has expanded his focus from US to global client portfolio management.

Nuveen: US catching up with Europe, Australia on ESG front

The $1.2trn manager sees C-PACE financing on the rise.