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DOWNLOAD: 45% of investors to deploy more real estate capital in 2026

Two-thirds of institutions are now underallocated to the asset class, and most plan to either maintain or increase their capital investment this year.

AIA hires new investment consulting head

Rowan Cook joins the pan-Asian insurer from rival firm FWD following predecessor Phil Joubert’s move from AIA to Oaktree Capital Management last year.

Mubadala backs Barings in $500m global property credit JV

Both the Abu Dhabi wealth fund and Barings’ parent MassMutual will contribute capital to a venture focused on US, Europe and Asia-Pacific debt opportunities.

‘Rise of the stakers’: Why Japanese firms are buying up US and European managers

The PERE Podcast spotlights a slew of M&A deals involving some of the country’s biggest corporations staking their claims, featuring Patron Capital founder Keith Breslauer.

Sustainability: Managers double down on value creation and metrics

After an era of exuberance, expansion and ‘rockstar’ roles, sustainability in private markets is being more closely tethered to value creation.

Creating the one-stop-shops of the future

Private markets M&A continues to gather pace as asset management mega-platforms attempt to meet all their investors’ needs.

Industry consolidation: New investor classes drive acquisitions and partnerships

The top force fuelling M&A among private markets managers is the ambition to become as relevant to private wealth and insurance money tomorrow as institutional capital today.

Is real estate’s allocation slide a brief dip or a sign of a larger rebalancing?

Hodes Weill’s Doug Weill joins The PERE Podcast to break down a historic reversal in institutional portfolio weighting and what it means for the sector’s future.

Germany’s MEAG names new alternatives CIO

The €355bn asset management arm of German insurer Munich Re has promoted internally to fill the role, with incumbent Katja Lammert leaving the firm.