In a research document, the global brokerage firm says growing assets, loosening regulation and successful investments by pensions and sovereign funds are expected to influence the region’s $6.7tr insurance sector to markedly increase its allocation to property.
3 min read · 10 July 2014
The Northbrook, Illinois-based insurer plans to expand its direct real estate investment initiative to pursue opportunities in operating platforms.
2 min read · 02 July 2014
Private equity real estate veteran Rong Ren is being lined up by Ping An Trust to lead a new Alternative Investment Division in a move by China’s second biggest insurer to be better exposed to alternative assets home and aboard.
3 min read · 06 June 2014
Outbound Chinese investment in private real estate might be gathering pace but it is not ready to relinquish the comforts of home.
3 min read · 23 May 2014
The Chinese insurance giant has acquired a logistics park in Chengdu from LaSalle, kickstarting a plan to become ‘one of the top three’ logistics property owners in China.
2 min read · 24 April 2014
The European real estate investment management business of US insurer Prudential Financial has described the Dutch property market as being attractive for being ‘earlier in the recovery phase’ than the UK.
2 min read · 07 April 2014
The London-based firm has foregone its £250 million target for its latest UK Real Estate Recovery Fund in order to capture opportunities now.
2 min read · 26 March 2014
Where North American GPs can look for overseas investors
1 min read · 12 March 2014
In buying 55 properties in a transaction valued at £550m, Legal & General Property has completed one of the biggest portfolio investments in the UK since the global financial crisis.
2 min read · 06 March 2014
The Los Angeles-based real estate investment manager will make discretionary debt and equity investments in the US and Europe on behalf of its new separate account client.
4 min read · 03 March 2014
