Managers

The hidden driver behind the convergence of real assets

On-site power generation is pushing real estate and infrastructure teams together.

Starwood’s Sternlicht on ESR privatization: ‘Our goal here is to clean it up’

Starwood Capital’s chairman and CEO anticipates the transaction will ‘create very high returns’ for the mega-manager’s Fund XII.

Starwood, the next generation

Barry Sternlicht and his successor, Jonathan Pollack, discuss the wide-ranging implications of the firm’s new leadership structure.

ADIA to invest up to $1.5bn in GLP’s Greater China business

The Emirati wealth fund is taking an initial $500m stake in GLP months after the data center and logistics manager sold its international business to Ares.

‘It’s an alpha trade’: Private equity comes for logistics REITs

The PERE Podcast breaks down Blackstone’s pursuit of Warehouse REIT amid a string of industrial focused take-privates.

The UK PBSA sector’s challenges have been greatly exaggerated

Not only do the country’s top-ranking institutions remain financially healthy, but the sector will also benefit from new demand drivers, writes Jessica Hardman, CEO at Aboria Capital.

Schroders names former OTPP executive as head of Asia real estate

The current head of real estate, Andrew Moore, will stay with the firm, and in Hong Kong, as chairman of its Asia real estate business.

Real estate managers pivot strategies in the tariff era

Higher interest rates, inflation and an unpredictable trade war are ushering in an ever-changing set of obstacles.

Institutional capital in Asia-Pacific is eyeing the Anglosphere

The region’s investors will increasingly look to broaden its geographic footprint in English-speaking countries outside of the US, writes CJ Morrell, head of Japan at Fiera Capital.

AEW promotes Gina Szymanski to CIO of its public REIT platform

As lead investor for the Boston-based manager’s $4bn global securities business, she succeeds Robert Oosterkamp, who is leaving for an undisclosed new venture.