Managers

Established last month, the regional investment business will be led by former executives from ADIA and global hospitality group IHG.

Executives from Angelo Gordon, Nuveen Real Estate and Canada Life make the business case for their preferred alternative use for the property type.

The pandemic has helped to facilitate the conversion of troubled assets in the sector. But such activity is not for the faint of heart.

The private equity giant took a different exit route in splitting from its indirect real estate platform than other sub-scale businesses in recent years.

While other regional markets continue waging the covid battle, China has won its fight and for real estate investors, there is much to be confident about going forward, says GoHigh Capital’s Josh Zhou

After announcing plans to privatize its listed real estate platform earlier this year, the firm will now try to raise its biggest private fund ever.

With nearly $8bn raised last quarter, open-end vehicles accounted for 90% of real estate capital inflows for Blackstone – and it sees room for further growth.

Two Sigma, a financial sciences company with $58bn in assets under management, has launched a real estate investment management business that will initially focus on North America.

InfraVia’s Athanasios Zoulovits and Harrison Street’s Michael Hochanadel discuss whether infra or real estate are better suited to these assets.

The property manager will target senior loans across a range of UK commercial real estate sectors for terms of up to 50 years.