Investors

The head of the Korean state pension’s real estate team is leaving after six years in the role and has made a recommendation for his successor.

Nearly $4bn has been raised across three China logistics vehicles in the past two months alone.

The Toronto-headquartered firm has followed its US entry earlier this year with the launch of a European partnership with the New Zealand Superannuation Fund expected to start with a €427m recapitalization deal.

Investor appetite for rental homes remains strong but development will need to be embraced, writes James Jacobs, head of real estate for Lazard’s private capital advisory group.

An industry-wide commitment to diversity is reflected in the number of women appointed to top jobs in recent years.

A €150m seed commitment to Deutsche Finance International’s second Europe value-add fund comes five years after the NZ$58bn investor exited from a portfolio of offshore fund positions.

Private real estate investors can expect the Chinese developer to offload some of its better-quality assets but should not anticipate any major fire sales.

The Swedish pension plan has committed a total of €3.8bn to date as the most sizable investor in the region’s second-largest residential company.

The United Arab Emirates’ pre-eminent sovereign wealth fund wants to demonstrate control of its real estate department. Outsiders are not seeing it.

PERE’s 2021 ranking of real estate’s top capital allocators sees ADIA unseated from the top spot and Europe-based investors taking a regional lead. View our downloadable presentation for more key takeaways from the GI 100.