Regions

VRS’s Noland: Real estate is outperforming benchmarks despite headwinds

The real assets director at the $130bn public pension intends to gradually expand its exposure to the asset class.

Regional fundraising paints a mixed picture

Capital raised for North American strategies relative to other regions hit a five-year low last year, with European funds seeing less success reaching their targets.

Altus Group on the narrowing ‘alternative’ premium in niche property sectors

As capital flows into niche real estate, the yield premium that once compensated for asymmetric information and limited transaction history continues to narrow, according to Omar Eltorai, senior director of research, and Alexander Jaffe, regional lead of valuation advisory, at Altus Group.

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Entering the next era of operational alpha in private real estate

Real estate managers accept that NOI growth is critical to investment performance, and now innovators in the sector are capturing a greater share of the operational upside.

UBS Asset Management on designing an alpha-focused investment strategy for the next era

With easy gains fading, investors must rely on asset insight and integrated data to identify true performers, say UBS Asset Management’s Larissa Belova and Matt Johnson.

Property insurance has become part of value-add strategies

Uncertainty is elevating property insurance from protective necessity to asset value driver.

The data-led approach to value creation

Real estate asset management is undergoing a structural transformation as data, technology and AI shape how value is created.

Energy playbooks pay off big for real estate value creation

Developing a disciplined ESG approach is emerging as a key competitive advantage in managing properties and unlocking real value.

Value-add fundraising loses share to opportunistic strategies in 2025

Capital raised for value-add real estate strategies has remained steady in recent years, PERE data shows, but investors shifted a larger share of commitments toward data centers and retail assets over the past 12 months.