Regions

Clarion Partners appoints EMEA distribution lead, eyes M&A

The US manager has made a key hire to help fulfill an ambition to double its assets under management in Europe in the next five years.

CPP’s van Oosterom: ‘We’d like to get something more out of our real estate allocation’

The Canadian pension’s real estate head said an increased focus on alpha has myriad implications for how it invests in the asset class.

Blackstone real estate chief Kathleen McCarthy to step down

The mega-manager’s global co-head of real estate is leaving after 15 years, placing Nadeem Meghji into sole leadership of its $320 billion property business.

TA Realty’s Strope: ‘So much of data centers is so little understood’

One of private real estate’s hottest sectors is also one of the most opaque, according to speakers at the PERE America Forum.

The rise and rise of take-privates

Short-term and increasingly passive public markets aren’t always the right fit for major transformations, particularly those being driven by trends such as decarbonisation and AI.

Modelling public-private exposure

Do customisable models incorporating both public and private markets exposure represent the next step in the democratisation of alternatives?

Restoring the balance between public and private markets

Companies are staying private for longer, but our economies need fully functioning and vibrant public markets as well.

Public markets: After years of private market growth, public markets may gain ground

Thanks to the evolution of a robust private market ecosystem that includes private credit, secondaries and unprecedented amounts of capital, companies are growing bigger and staying private for longer than ever before. Nevertheless, the dream to go public is still very much alive.

PERE America 2025: ‘Everyone will have an opportunity to outperform’

This year’s delegates heard exuberant statements from managers amid a belief that the worst for private real estate capital markets is ‘in the rearview mirror.’ Not everyone is convinced.