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Japan enters an execution-driven era

Investors are being forced to reconsider how returns are generated in a market long defined by stability, as the country’s real estate sector undergoes one of its most significant transitions in decades.

Macquarie Asset Management on how housing pressure is pushing capital into niche strategies

Real estate investors are pivoting to specialist residential sectors as supply, demographics and rates reshape risk-return dynamics across markets, say Macquarie Asset Management’s Erin Ledger-Beaupre, Brendan Jones and Justin Ayre.

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Operational value creation takes front seat in Japan

Appetite for Japanese real estate is more robust than ever, but investors are increasingly adapting underwriting in a changing macroeconomic environment.

Aussie superfunds see good ‘relative value’ again in real estate

CSC’s Glenn Riley said ‘the market has turned’ as the investor looks to increase deployment in the asset class.

CBRE IM: Platform-level real estate secondaries enter the mainstream

Global real estate secondaries transaction volume increased last year, with larger-scale liquidity structures a growing feature of the market, per the manager’s latest research.

Pro-invest acquires A$100m hotel near Sydney

The Coogee Sands Hotel & Apartments marks the starting point of a strategy to reposition hospitality assets into other forms of temporary accommodation.

Aussie performance test overhaul to unlock more affordable housing capital

Reforms under consideration could see more investments in the strategy with the introduction of an ‘emerging covered asset class.’

Japan’s Advantage eyes real estate to help double AUM

The Japanese buyout specialist, which expanded into the asset class last month, will focus on opportunities in corporate-owned real estate.

Ares’ Phillips: ‘We’re on track for another record year of fundraising’

The Los Angeles-based firm raised $5bn of equity and debt commitments for real estate in Q1 2026 and expects to close on more capital later this year.