Managers

Hillhouse’s Rava Partners to launch $2bn-plus second fund

Co-led by Warburg Pincus’s former partner Joe Gagnon, the firm deployed approximately 40% of Fund I’s capital in 2024.

Nuveen’s Greater China head leaves for Hong Kong’s Sun Hung Kai

Kelvin Cheung will lead the fund management business at alternative investment firm Sun Hung Kai & Co, Private Equity Real Estate has learned.

Private real estate looks to diversify in the face of volatility

As global economies descend into a trade war, investors and managers are prioritizing a greater mix of strategies to navigate through uncertainty.

Where Blackstone’s Heady sees opportunities in APAC real estate

One investment theme in the region has been executing large transactions with Japanese corporations shedding non-core real estate.

StepStone promotes three real estate partners in Europe

The manager upped London-based Laia Massague and Pooja Patel and Frankfurt-based Anja Ritchie – all women – to top roles on its global real estate team.

‘Hard to have conviction’: How Grosvenor, Clarion and Davis are navigating a volatile market 

Speakers at GreenPearl’s Real Estate Women’s Forum see positive signals for real estate in 2025, but uncertainty remains.

PineBridge Benson Elliot raises €500m for sixth flagship European fund

Participation from US investors declined compared with the fund’s predecessor, but the manager benefited from new capital sources in Asia.

Manulife IM makes first real estate hire in Australia

The new recruit follows a wave of senior appointments globally including the return of its Asia real estate CIO Kenny Lam in 2023.

‘This is the moment to act’: KKR, Blackstone and the race to snap up UK REITs

On The PERE Podcast, Jonathan Brasse, Evelyn Lee and Randy Plavajka examine a trio of takeover attempts targeting London-listed property investors.

Zodiac House: London Repurposed brutalism rises to the occasion

Well-known Zodiac House has been through some changes over the decades, from a WWII hospital to the prime location of a TV show, but is now in for a 2025 overhaul by Croydon City Council.