The $2.8bn sale to Highgate is potentially the first many large hospitality portfolio sales, but a debt transfer of its size is unlikely to be repeated
5 min read · 04 November 2020
The country’s largest public pension has been exploring how it could increase its private equity exposure and begin committing to other asset classes, according to head of alternatives Per Olofsson.
2 min read · 04 November 2020
As covid-19 amplifies the exodus from big, expensive cities, institutional capital must decide if it wants to join the retreat or bet on a return.
10 min read · 02 November 2020
This is the second senior resignation in Blackstone’s real estate team in China in the past month, following country head Tim Wang.
2 min read · 21 October 2020
Real estate debt in Australia and New Zealand, as well as core and value-add in Japan, will be focus areas for the firm’s head of Asia-Pacific real estate.
4 min read · 13 October 2020
StepStone Real Estate Partners IV, which has been in market since April last year, raised twice as much as its predecessor to invest in complex secondaries deals.
2 min read · 01 October 2020
Capital providers must avoid being distracted by the country’s feverish political climate and focus instead on long-term structural trends when evaluating the potential of US property, argue Allianz’s Christoph Donner and MIRA’s Eric Wurtzebach
7 min read · 30 September 2020
While the inability to conduct due diligence remains investors’ top concern, managers are playing a bigger role than ever to mitigate the risk and find the right strategies for them
3 min read · 18 September 2020
Over 70% of larger institutions plan to raise or maintain their real estate allocation to the country in 2021, according to a new JLL report.
3 min read · 20 August 2020
Securitized real estate debt has been battered by the covid-19 pandemic. Now institutional managers must decide what to do about it.
3 min read · 23 July 2020