Data Snapshot

DOWNLOAD: 2025 fundraising set to outpace 2024 volume

But without three mega funds, the total capital raised in Q1-Q3 2025 would have fallen below that of the same period last year.

MSCI: The uneven impact of tariffs on regional deal volumes

Beneath the steady headline figures, some cross-border investment is shifting away from the US, according to Tom Leahy, MSCI’s head of EMEA real assets research.

For the Global Investor 100, the pain has yet to pass

For the first time on record, PERE’s global investor ranking contends with a decline in aggregate allocation to private real estate.

Defense spending to boost demand for real estate in Europe’s midsized markets

Projections of occupier demand propel cities with established defense industries notably higher up LaSalle’s European Cities Growth Index.

Urban Neuron: A new era in robotics is turbocharging real estate’s future

Disruption from robotics will extend far beyond controlled construction environments in the near term, say Dr Qizhou (Leo) Xiong and Luke Graham, partners at Urban Neuron.

NBIM bets on European retail, office and resi in diversification push 

Grosvenor, Shaftesbury investments have helped to rebalance the sovereign wealth giant’s sector exposure.

South Korea’s NPS upped real estate commitments by 19% in 2024

The pension fund added at least 10 new funds and direct investments to its real estate portfolio last year.

Real estate loses further ground to infrastructure among SWFs

Sovereign wealth funds’ total allocation to real estate has declined for the third year running, Invesco’s latest research finds.

AIMCo’s $16bn property portfolio in four charts

The Alberta-based pension investor, in the middle of a leadership shakeup and portfolio rebalancing, saw real estate drag on its returns last year.

Lazard: Investor capital is converging toward real assets

Institutional appetite is gaining pace to allocate to sectors that have infrastructure characteristics, writes James Jacobs, head of real assets for Lazard’s private capital advisory group.