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Deep Dive: Why Australian superfunds are real estate’s emerging superpower

Australia’s superfunds are on track to become the second-largest pension pool in the world. That will have major ramifications for private real estate.

Regional retrenchment: ‘Financial engineering trumping local knowledge is over’

This episode of The PERE Podcast discusses ICG’s retrenchment from Asia, following a line of Western managers doing the same. We also speak to Goodwin Gaw, chairman of Gaw Capital, about his views on the current trend and the firm’s renewed focus on the region.

UK’s Church Commissioners outlines plans to deliver 30,000 homes

The £11bn endowment fund sets out integrated plans for housing and related renewable energy generation to support government ambitions.

Three conditions to ‘break the cycle of optimism and disappointment’

Key factors are now in place to support a long-predicted real estate recovery, according to LaSalle’s Brian Klinksiek and Dominic Silman.

Mavik cites US tariffs as key to Plymouth REIT investment

Post-tariff volatility is changing the way the New York-based manager is allocating opportunistic capital.

‘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.

Artemis raises $1bn for healthcare real estate in under six months

Continuity concerns over the manager’s $650m sale to Barings appear to be quelled as it pulls in its second-largest capital haul to date.

Kayne Anderson raises $2.5bn for Fund VII, on track to beat target

The Los Angeles-based firm is targeting a net IRR of 15-18% for its seventh flagship opportunistic fund, which has a $3bn target.

ICG shuts down Asia real estate business after three years

The London-based manager is parting ways with its APAC property team, formed in 2022, to refocus on Europe and the US.