Asia-Pacific

ADIA sells $1.4bn Chinese retail portfolio to Brookfield

With a total of five retail assets in the country, the Macquarie-managed portfolio has been in the market since the beginning of last year.

Pandemic trips up the PERE 100

The constituents of PERE’s signature ranking of private real estate managers saw their capital markets activities impacted last year, but not knocked off course.

Five takeaways from this year’s PERE 100

The 2021 ranking reflects more muted fundraising activity during the covid pandemic.

PERE 100 sees lower investment levels

Hampered transaction activity by the PERE 100 in 2020 was predictable in the circumstances, writes Simon Mallinson, executive managing director at Real Capital Analytics.

PERE 100 returns bolstered in a turbulent year

Aided by the rise of logistics and other property types, opportunistic and value-add managers outperformed their core counterparts.

The covid effect on the PERE 100

Even the most dominant in the ranking are seeing a drop in aggregate growth.

Logistics demand brings selection challenges

Institutions continue to seek exposure to logistics assets as retailers adapt to a changing marketplace. Identifying assets that will benefit from structural change is critical, according to James Jacobs, head of real estate for Lazard’s private capital advisory group.

Decoding the $4.1trn AUM universe – report

The top 10 managers accounted for 37% of the overall AUM in 2020, continuing the industry consolidation trend, according to the latest survey by industry organizations NCREIF, INREV and ANREV.

Partners Group hires ex-Blackstone MD as Asia RE head

The Swiss asset manager’s private real estate Asia team has 20 professionals executing primary, secondaries and direct investments.

Former Mirvac execs, Aliro launch Australian build-to-rent platform

The Sydney-based real estate fund manager will provide equity for the acquisition of seed assets and bring in co-investment capital from its investors.