Regions

Asia-Pacific roundtable: Liquidity returning to Asia-Pacific real estate markets

Interest rate cuts support gradually improving market dynamics despite ongoing political and trade turbulence, say participants in PERE’s regional roundtable discussion.

Regional retrenchment: ‘Financial engineering trumping local knowledge is over’

This episode of The PERE Podcast discusses ICG’s retrenchment from Asia, following a line of Western managers doing the same. We also speak to Goodwin Gaw, chairman of Gaw Capital, about his views on the current trend and the firm’s renewed focus on the region.

Three conditions to ‘break the cycle of optimism and disappointment’

Key factors are now in place to support a long-predicted real estate recovery, according to LaSalle’s Brian Klinksiek and Dominic Silman.

‘Rise of the stakers’: Why Japanese firms are buying up US and European managers

The PERE Podcast spotlights a slew of M&A deals involving some of the country’s biggest corporations staking their claims, featuring Patron Capital founder Keith Breslauer.

ICG shuts down Asia real estate business after three years

The London-based manager is parting ways with its APAC property team, formed in 2022, to refocus on Europe and the US.

We need to talk about total portfolio

The increasing shift to a new investment model among investors could be the capital markets reset that real estate needs.

Fifth Wall’s Wallace predicts Proptech 20 rebound

However, the founder of the New York-based manager warns the thawing of the capital markets will concentrate at the bigger end of the market.

Artificial intelligence: Transforming alternative assets, from fundraising to exits

AI is touching every aspect of the alternative assets industry – from internal applications to portco value creation and investment opportunities. But there are risks ahead, with overhype and regulatory uncertainty partly clouding the path forward.

Women of Influence on AI’s impact on alternatives

When we asked this year’s cohort of standout women in private markets about the most significant trends shaping their asset classes, artificial intelligence was top of mind.

Moving beyond the AI hype to create real value

With MIT research revealing that just 5% of artificial intelligence initiatives succeed, how can private markets firms ensure their AI efforts will lead to genuine value creation?