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PERE’s 2026 ranking of the world’s largest private real estate allocators has recovered the ground it lost last year, and then some.

The PERE Podcast features global real estate chief Alex Knapp in conversation at the PERE Europe Forum on the $2trn wealth fund’s new approach to real estate.

A growing emphasis on optionality defined much of the conversation around investment strategies at the PERE Europe Forum.

Asia-Pacific’s leading premium integrated commercial properties located in the region’s gateway CBDs are supported by structural supply constraints and resilient occupier demand, says Hongkong Land’s Michael Smith.

Boosting returns and scale at the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund is no easy feat. But the property boss is up to the task.

Rising construction costs, limited supply of prime space and growing rents are helping logistics outperform other income-focused real estate strategies across Asia-Pacific, says ESR’s Phil Pearce.

The vehicle is the largest-ever dedicated to the regional strategy and the third-largest raised for net lease investments overall.

The largest commitment of H1 2026 – ADIA’s $675m check to Kotak India Real Estate Fund XIV – came in at roughly half the size of last year’s $1.3bn top check.

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund manager, a shareholder in both companies, said it understood ‘the strategic rationale for a combination’ between Prologis and Segro.

The move to partner with Stanhope comes as the sovereign wealth fund aims to boost returns by working with sector specialists.