Asia-Pacific

Perspectives 2024: What investors think about private real estate

Investors are hurting from the poor performance of real estate, but this has not diminished their appetite for fresh investments.

DOWNLOAD: Fundraising hit an 11-year low in 2023

The total of $138.93bn raised in 2023 represented a 41% drop from the $236.04bn raised in the 2021 fundraising peak.

Inside Manulife Investment Management’s revamped real estate business

The Canadian insurer has new goals for its global real estate growth strategy, including expanding into third-party management. PERE spoke with the firm’s leadership on the path forward.

The impact of geopolitics on real estate returns

In this podcast, Abby Rosenbaum of Oxford Economics discusses how two key global conflicts will be a drag on performance in differing ways.

Private real estate’s collision course with geopolitics

The heightened risk of conflict around the world is creating major shifts in real estate capital flows.

Sienna IM launches consulting business for Korea’s troubled asset owners

The new platform is intended to help mitigate miscommunication issues that led to unintended forced sales of properties.

Evergrande’s liquidation could be more than ‘yesterday’s news’

Though industry participants see the wind-up order as a long time coming, the mid- to long-term implications for China’s real estate market remain uncertain.

Cabot closes largest fund yet at $1.6bn in ‘challenging’ environment

The firm was aiming for $1.2bn for Value Fund VII, but raised the target last May, according to CEO Franz Colloredo-Mansfeld.

Blackstone’s Gray: The ‘pillars of a real estate recovery’ are forming

Blackstone’s president said commercial real estate values are bottoming out and expected an uptick in realizations in H2.

GCP raises $1.4bn for its latest China onshore vehicle

Nearly half of the $4.5bn GCP raised across strategies came from RMB vehicles for the 12 months ended November 2023.