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Investors are placing greater emphasis on operational capabilities, data infrastructure and AI-enabled execution as key drivers of long-term performance, says Cortland’s Scott Moore.

Australia’s population, stability and constrained supply continue to draw international capital, but success in today’s core market depends less on allocating to the right sectors and instead selecting the right assets, say Dexus’s Brad Collier and Andrew Jeffs.

Investors are redefining risk and rethinking what belongs in a core portfolio across Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific.

Looking to build an investment platform rivaling its property management empire, the firm is targeting $1bn for a logistics fund with plans for another in the living sector.

In a departure from its recent activity, the investor has committed most of its real estate capital to indirect vehicles so far this year.

Rachel Farrell will leave the £68bn UK pension fund, which is looking to in-house more investment decision-making while also working with a broader range of GPs, PERE has learned.

The Toronto-based pension revealed over €1bn in previously undisclosed real estate commitments since July, including sizable checks to managers Aermont and Azora.

The New York-based manager pulled in $350m, plus another $120m in co-investments, to target opportunistic, distressed and special situations across the US.

Over 70% of mergers so far this year involved a full or majority purchase, a shift from 2025, a Hodes Weill report found.

The New York-based manager has focused on investments with shorter hold periods in order to return capital more quickly to investors.