Regions

Another year of growth for the 50 biggest debt capital raisers belies the slowdown in wider real estate fundraising.

The SEC’s aim for more standardized GP-led real estate secondaries transactions will step up a gear with the likely introduction of regulations in 2024.

Investors in real estate secondaries are more concerned with ESG matters than ever. But the passive nature of some investments reduces their influence.

The real estate secondaries market is growing considerably as it ages.

A fundamental shift in capital markets is forcing many institutional investors to rethink their portfolios, creating a perfect storm for the resurgence of investor-led secondaries.

The Federal Deposit Investment Corp seized the bank and sold control of it to JPMorgan on May 1.

High-net-worth investors are capitalizing on the absence of institutional capital ‘to acquire assets that are usually beyond their reach.’

Increasing interest from institutional investors in secondaries has not yet materialized in transaction volumes, writes James Jacobs, head of real estate for Lazard’s private capital advisory group.

Fiera Capital’s property arm is raising one of the only semi-open-ended real estate credit vehicles targeting the region.

Blackstone’s president and chief operating officer considers real estate debt to be ‘an area of growth’ for the firm.