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Why smaller cities could prove a better bet for property investment

Investors continue to focus on global gateway cities, but new insights are shifting their view.

M&G Real Estate seeks value-add boost with first M&A deal

The UK asset manager has acquired a majority stake in BauMont Real Estate Capital to diversify into higher-returning real estate.

Aware Super’s UK platform to capture ‘window of opportunity’ in offices

The investor’s newly formed international team has partnered with Delancey to invest £1bn in the UK, with London offices as the initial focus.

Legal & General acquires stake in Taurus to ramp up US real estate exposure

The deal includes a separate $200m seed investment by the UK pension investor, which cited growing institutional interest in US multifamily and logistics assets and decarbonization initiatives.

MSCI: Distress pressure is building across global real estate

Property-level distress is not just a US office problem, says Tom Leahy, MSCI’s head of EMEA real assets research.

Panattoni’s investment management business readies institutional vehicles

A pan-European, open-end fund and the first of a series of SMAs is in the works, nine months on from the appointment of Nick Preston to lead Panattoni Investment Management.

JPMorgan Asset Management taps TPG Angelo Gordon veteran to help grow net lease strategy

The asset management arm of JPMorgan Chase first entered the space after naming Chad Tredway its head of real estate Americas last year.

Fundraising showed no signs of a recovery in Q1-Q3 2024

Despite the brighter outlook for attracting capital to private real estate, key metrics point to ongoing challenges for fund managers.

Ares to buy GLP Capital Partners’ non-China business in $3.7bn deal

The acquisition – which includes GCP assets in Japan, Brazil and the US – will nearly double Ares’ real estate assets under management.

German private wealth investor Pamera launches US division

The Munich-based multifamily office has hired Cord Ernst to run the North American division and struck its first deal in the region.