Industrial

Niam appoints first group CEO to lead private markets expansion

The Swedish manager hires a 26-year McKinsey veteran to spearhead the firm’s growth in real estate and beyond.

Wentworth hits A$350m hard-cap for first flagship Australian fund

The Sydney-headquartered manager beat a A$250m target for its first fund and has already deployed 50% of the capital raised.

Texas ERS names new head of real assets

Head of private real estate Amy Cureton takes over for longtime real assets lead Bob Sessa, who has retired after 25 years with the fund.

Greykite’s debut fundraise reaches $1.4bn at second close

The vehicle is on track to be one of the largest Europe-focused first-time real estate funds upon final close, which is expected by mid-2026.

Aware Super CIO: Property team has ‘changed tune’ on deployment

The superannuation fund has shifted into active gear after not ‘investing as much in property in the last two to three years,’ says Damian Graham.

CalSTRS’ real estate consultants urge deployment into valuation-reset market

The California pension with nearly $370bn in assets is building allocations to industrial and multifamily and curtailing office exposure to match policy targets.

High rates driving ‘record dispersion’ in US real estate performance

Elevated capital costs and government policy shifts have brought historic variance in rent and NOI growth, Davidson Kempner notes in a white paper.

The hidden driver behind the convergence of real assets

On-site power generation is pushing real estate and infrastructure teams together.

Starwood’s Sternlicht on ESR privatization: ‘Our goal here is to clean it up’

Starwood Capital’s chairman and CEO anticipates the transaction will ‘create very high returns’ for the mega-manager’s Fund XII.

Mapletree: India is becoming a compelling case for global investment

Quek Kwang Meng, Mapletree’s regional chief executive officer for India, explains how the country has strengthened its footing as a high-return, low-volatility investment destination.