Industrial

PIMCO: Traditional RE strategies ‘insufficient’ in today’s market

In its latest sector outlook, the asset manager advises investors to forego broad allocations and take a more targeted approach.

Tony Ressler, Howard Marks back Tryperion’s fourth fund

TREF IV raised $163m and is over 70% deployed.

Realterm reels in €470m for second European IOS fund

The Maryland-based logistics specialist’s latest capital haul is nearly five times the size of its inaugural pan-European vehicle from 2020.

Blackstone’s Seppala: Europe’s importance has grown significantly

The manager’s head of real estate for Europe reflects on the growth of international interest in the region as exemplified by the commitments to and deployment of its latest mega-fund.

CDPQ drops Ivanhoé Cambridge brand name amid restructuring

The Canadian pension fund says the rebrand will enable ‘a single identity’ across investment teams as it internalizes its $55bn property arm.

Listed REIT manager The RMR Group eyes private market expansion

The Massachusetts-based firm has hired Torchlight’s Mary Smendzuik as head of capital formation to grow its $12bn unlisted property business.

Europe is the ‘safer option’ for real estate right now

Executives onstage at the PERE Network Europe Forum in London this week emphasized the region’s growing appeal in contrast with the US. But will it stick?

StepStone’s Giller: Real estate secondaries is now ‘mainstream’

The real estate chief, whose firm raised the largest-ever fund targeting the space, said the strategy has ‘blown up’ in the last few years.

Brookfield’s Flatt: ‘Today is a really easy environment to make money in real estate’

Strong market conditions and lower risk make it an opportune time to invest in the asset class, said the firm’s CEO.

Japanese investors: US real estate still reigns, but Europe gains

At the PERE Tokyo Forum, property investors in the country say America remains their top choice despite some policy concerns.