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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.

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 […]

Despite political turmoil, trade wars and rising costs, confidence remains for US real estate investors thanks to steady fundamentals

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.

South Carolina manager Greystar Real Estate Partners has closed its 10th value-add multifamily fund at its hard-cap.

Tech innovation is a modest part of most real estate managers’ investment strategies, but those who fall risk being left behind

Defensive investing in the current low interest rate environment was among the central themes at PERE’s annual two-day gathering of real estate professionals in New York this week.

Franklin Real Asset Advisors is closing its Singapore office, resulting in the departure of its APAC managing director, among other staff.

In its latest move to reposition the business, Colony agreed to sell its US industrial real estate portfolio, which originally came into the firm’s possession via the 2014 acquisition of industrial real estate firm Cobalt Capital Partners.

Real estate debt looks well positioned compared with corporate debt, maintains Justin Guichard of Oaktree Capital in this interview shot at sister publication PDI’s New York Forum.