Major transactions in Europe and Asia-Pacific have helped push Allianz, AXA and Swiss Life to the top 10 of PERE’s GI 50.
2 min read · 19 November 2019
The region’s pension managers say they are focusing on demographics, demand shifts and tech trends – as reflected in some of their largest deals this year.
3 min read · 18 November 2019
Canada’s public pensions led the way for North American direct investment in global real estate, playing roles in some of 2019’s largest acquisitions.
2 min read · 13 November 2019
The fund has received a €30m commitment from Willis Towers Watson’s secure income fund and intends to deploy €800m in the next five years.
2 min read · 11 November 2019
The outcome of Blackstone Group’s bid for listed Japanese hotel operator Unizo Holdings has larger implications for foreign hostile takeovers in Japan. It could signal that Japan is finally changing its attitude toward public deals by international funds or that the country remains resistant to foreign ownership of its listed companies. Last week, the US […]
6 min read · 11 November 2019
Benson Elliot and Schroders find that a hotel deal in the happiest place on earth is worth waiting for.
3 min read · 07 November 2019
Last-mile logistics might be the darling of the logistics real estate sector these days, but the world’s biggest institutional landlord says it is still very much an opportunistic investment affair.
5 min read · 06 November 2019
The latest Cass report on UK real estate lending found new loan origination to have increased by 4% to £23.4bn in H1 2019 despite fewer property transactions and increased political risks.
3 min read · 17 October 2019
The former offices of newspaper The Charlotte Observer, which has chronicled the lives of the North Carolina community for nearly 100 years, has been born again as a modern mixed-use development.
3 min read · 02 October 2019
