This week, about 700 private real estate executives spanning the sector’s investor, manager and advisor spectrums descended on Hong Kong’s Grand Hyatt hotel for four unadulterated days of presentations, declarations and warnings from PERE’s nominated roster of speakers. But it was the warnings that sounded the loudest. There was a common thread among the warnings […]
3 min read · 07 March 2019
In a presentation at PERE Asia, the head of real estate at BPE Asia questioned the use of leverage by his competitors, suggesting similarities with pre-crisis behaviors.
2 min read · 07 March 2019
Robert Karnes, who previously led the real estate debt group, has taken over management of the new real assets group.
2 min read · 06 March 2019
So-called ‘disruptive technologies’ is impacting the way landlords and investors approach real estate investing and determine things like the ideal size, usage, layout and general amenities of their buildings. At PERE’s annual real estate conference in Hong Kong today, Mark Gabbay, chief investment officer and chief executive for Asia at the Chicago-based investment manager LaSalle […]
2 min read · 06 March 2019
The firm has already raised bulk of the capital raising target for its first real estate debt vehicle.
3 min read · 05 March 2019
While some familiar faces still featured, this year’s biggest winners notably included names that are rising in industry dominance.
3 min read · 01 March 2019
Sidecar investments have become more common and more sought out in recent years, but only certain investors can take advantage of them
6 min read · 01 March 2019
Costs and disclosures are the top concerns emerging from PERE’s Investor Perspectives 2019 Survey.
2 min read · 01 March 2019
Declining investing volumes in Japan demonstrate a further challenge for those with aspirations to build a lower risk and return portfolio in Asia.
3 min read · 28 February 2019
Why Blackstone’s latest Asian retail investments are not to be considered among its high-conviction thematic bets.
3 min read · 22 February 2019
