Asia-Pacific

The rapid rise of AI is changing not only where data centers are built, but also how investors need to assess risk and value across the sector, says PGIM’s Morgan Laughlin.

Inside: How low returns have investors digging into fund expenses; The 2026 Global Investor 100 – our ranking of private real estate’s largest allocators; Why flexibility is moving to the forefront for investors; A European debt roundtable; And much more…

Sustained demand and strong returns have cemented PBSA as one of the most attractive real estate asset classes.

PERE’s investor ranking has recorded its highest-ever aggregate allocation to private real estate. But its growth says more about asset repricing than increased activity.

Student housing is more than accommodation, it is critical infrastructure supporting students and enabling university growth, explains The Dot Group’s Nick Porter.

PERE’s 2026 ranking of the world’s largest private real estate allocators has recovered the ground it lost last year, and then some.

The PERE Podcast features the chief investment strategist speaking about identifying opportunities that sit at the ‘intersection of multiple secular trends’ or offer a hedge against today’s biggest themes.

Nine months after transitioning from CEO to executive chairman, Gabbay is leaving the Chicago-based manager this week.

The super fund’s CIO says the investor is now playing catch-up on real estate deployment after a period of sitting on the sidelines.

With commitments from NPS and its own life insurance business, the $700m fund is the UK asset manager’s first value-add commingled offering in the region.