For most family offices investing in real estate, the fund model is broken, according to a panel at today's conference.
3 min read · 18 June 2015
German pension fund manager ZVK has committed the capital to the Paris-based firm to invest across European commercial real estate.
2 min read · 18 June 2015
On stage at the PERE Summit: Europe today the head of fund management for separate accounts at AXA Real Estate Investment Managers reckoned investors keen to invest in core real estate will contend with a far tighter spread compared to government bonds than they historically have done.
2 min read · 17 June 2015
Jeff Jacobson, chief executive officer at LaSalle Investment Management told delegates in London at PERE's annual Europe Summit that firms should not be 'completely afraid' or 'naive' while operating in a global property market exhibiting 'opposing forces' and one in which the interest rate environment was not 'normal'.
2 min read · 17 June 2015
A new $47 billion Canadian real estate investment manager powerhouse is being created as Sun Life's real estate investment management team merges with Bentall Kennedy
3 min read · 16 June 2015
The real estate investment management business of London-listed property services firm Savills has raised £50m, mainly for its London residential development fund, via the formation of a partnership with newly-formed Chinese investment company, China Minsheng Corporation.
2 min read · 16 June 2015
As large LPs continue to consolidate, smaller managers will have to source their capital form elsewhere, but that needn't be a terrifying scenario
2 min read · 13 July 2015
The bulk of the capital will be going toward establishing a new program to help real estate emerging managers transition to larger direct relationships.
2 min read · 11 June 2015
Interest in CEE heightens as JP Morgan, Lone Star and Oaktree Capital Management are also said to be purchasing major loan books totalling roughly €3.1 billion backed by commercial real estate in the region
3 min read · 08 June 2015
Andrew Schaffler has joined New York secondaries firm Madison International Realty having spent nine years at investment management firm Cohen & Steers
1 min read · 08 June 2015