Sectors

Australia and New Zealand have foreign investors gravitating to lower pricing

Investor activity remains mostly concentrated in the industrial and living sectors, with Sydney and Brisbane drawing attention.

Phoenix: Investors target developed markets for accretive returns

Samuel Chu, co-founder of Phoenix Property Investors, notes global change and demographic trends are reshaping APAC investment strategies.

South Korea investors look to living sectors as Seoul’s office cycle matures

The government has begun to encourage the creation of institutional rental housing, leading to a new niche that major international players are moving to fill.

Real estate managers pivot strategies in the tariff era

Higher interest rates, inflation and an unpredictable trade war are ushering in an ever-changing set of obstacles.

Colonial First State considers overseas real estate deployment

The Australian wealth manager and superfund provider sees potential opportunities to expand its all-Australian property book in markets such as European industrial.

NBIM bets on European retail, office and resi in diversification push 

Grosvenor, Shaftesbury investments have helped to rebalance the sovereign wealth giant’s sector exposure.

L&G and Federated Hermes’ fund merger reflects ‘evolved’ market

The combination of two UK property funds will create a £4.7bn platform amid shifting preferences from domestic pension schemes.

Institutional capital in Asia-Pacific is eyeing the Anglosphere

The region’s investors will increasingly look to broaden its geographic footprint in English-speaking countries outside of the US, writes CJ Morrell, head of Japan at Fiera Capital.

Managers cannot opt out of the sustainability spotlight

The issue has fallen down the industry’s priority list, but other groups are still holding property owners accountable for their climate actions.

REALM’s CEO: More global family offices are looking for US exposure

Travis King, head of the family office collective, said the investor type still views the world’s largest property market as ‘the safest spot to be.’