News & Analysis

Through its merger with European manager Stoneshield, Clarion Partners is marking its entry into opportunistic strategies outside of its home region.

Nadeem Meghji is stepping down less than a year after assuming sole leadership of the mega-manager’s $608bn real estate business.

The $1.1bn final close follows the manager’s 2023 acquisition of sale-leaseback specialist Trio Investment Group.

The Chicago-based manager has expanded its US capital formation team following fundraising staff expansion in Asia earlier this year.

Investment director Drew Ritchie welcomes the debut Reserved Investor Fund structure to help further the UK financial institution’s plan to allocate £110m in the sector by 2030.

The California-based manager has raised both its largest fund and co-investment vehicle with Whitman Peterson Partners V.

The $218m vehicle beat its target size and attracted significantly more capital than its predecessor.

The Australian superannuation fund has committed €150m to a vehicle managed by London-based manager Elevation.

Investors demand substantially more compensation for taking liquidity risk in office markets than they do in industrial, writes Tom Leahy, head of EMEA real assets research at MSCI.

The platform bypasses managers such as Blackstone and Brookfield in favor of smaller, specialized firms for wealthy client portfolios.