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Perspectives 2024: What investors think about private real estate

Investors are hurting from the poor performance of real estate, but this has not diminished their appetite for fresh investments.

DOWNLOAD: Fundraising hit an 11-year low in 2023

The total of $138.93bn raised in 2023 represented a 41% drop from the $236.04bn raised in the 2021 fundraising peak.

Makarora’s first fund is a litmus test on flexibility

The debut vehicle of ex-Blackstone real estate boss Chad Pike should reveal investor appetite for an unconventionally wide brief.

Pike’s Makarora goes for flexibility with fund debut

The ex-Blackstone real estate boss has included three strategies in the investing thesis for his new firm’s maiden fund.

Aquilius targets $700m for second RE secondaries fund

The firm’s predecessor fund has been fully deployed to LP and GP-led real estate secondaries transactions across the Asia-Pacific region.

Look Ahead 2024: LP-led deals on the rise in Asia real estate secondaries

Bastian Wolff, founding partner at Aquilius Investment Partners, expects more European and North American investors to pivot back to their home markets.

Move over, debt funds; secondaries are driving appetite, too

Two historic fundraises in the space of a week tell us much about where real estate investors see opportunities for returns in a fractured market.

Blackstone scores fourth-largest RE secondaries raise on record

Strategic Partners Real Estate VIII follows vehicles from Ares Management’s Landmark Partners, Partners Group and Goldman Sachs.

DOWNLOAD: 2023 fundraising slump continues with anemic Q3

If fundraising continues at its current place, the year is on track to end with the lowest amount raised since 2012.

PERE Global Awards 2023: Time to share your highlights

You have until November 17 to tell us which firms and individuals made the biggest marks in a year stifled by difficult macroeconomic conditions.