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Blueprint: Blackstone’s first sustainability-linked loan in Asia-Pacific, PGIM Real Estate’s innovation initiative, Invesco and Longpoint fund closesBlackstone secures its first sustainability-linked loan in Asia-Pacific to refinance assets in its 140-property industrial portfolio in Australia; PGIM Real Estate launches RealAssetX, an innovation lab focusing on data intelligence, research & development and investment in technologies for the real assets industry; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blueprint: Industry reacts to interest rate pauses; Harrison Street hits $2bn for latest opportunity fundPrivate real estate executives digest a widespread pause in interest rate hikes by central banks; Harrison Street joins a limited cohort of fundraising winners this year; Heitman calls out insurance costs as a major industry threat; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blueprint: Blackstone’s $1trn credit ambition, PERE Japan Korea Week begins, Alecta’s investigation by financial regulatorBlackstone’s real estate credit platform secures massive CalPERS commitment as the mega-manager sets $1 trillion AUM goal for debt businesses; PERE Japan Korea Week kicks off in Seoul; Alecta comes under scrutiny by Sweden’s financial regulator for its largest real estate investment; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blueprint: EQT Exeter's $4.9bn fundraise, DFI and Argo's industrial JV, Generali's splash acquisition of Pearlmark's parentEQT Exeter is eyeing distress for its largest industrial fund to date; DFI and Argo form a joint venture to enter UK industrial; Pearlmark expected to benefit from Generali's acquisition of parent company from Cathay Life; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
- Blueprint: Brookfield's understated target, Blackstone's profitable BREIT hotel sale, GIC aims to add Indian assets to its shed collection
Brookfield's $15 billion target for its latest opportunity fund is characterized as deliberately understated; Blackstone books a $275 million profit from its sale of a San Antonio hotel out of its BREIT portfolio; GIC continues to target stockpiling industrial assets, this time in India; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blueprint: Brookfield's fifth global fundraise begins; GLP's corporate restructure means a reunion; Nuveen's value-added European strategyBrookfield's re-entering of the fundraising market demonstrates pace of deployment, GLP's corporate restructure sees a spun-out business return to the fold, Nuveen adds a closed-end fund to its open-ended quiver in Europe; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blueprint: BlackRock's continued reshuffling, ESR's latest Vietnam expansion, LGIM's US platform launchBlackRock makes further leadership changes, promoting its EMEA head to a global chief investment role; ESR continues expansion in Vietnam via a $450 million funding round for a local industrial developer; LGIM opens its US real estate business with initial plans for balance sheet investing; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blueprint: PERE Awards voting closes, Private REIT dust starts to settle, Allianz and PIMCO's rebrandVoting in the 2022 PERE Global awards closes with some very tight races, BREIT's $4 billion commitment from UC Investments furthers discussions around private REITs, Allianz Real Estate rebrands to PIMCO two years after being grouped together by insurance giant parent; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
ACERA gears up to issue RFP for a new investment consultantThe Oakland-based firm will be accepting bids for a new investment consultant in the upcoming months.
Blueprint: Aermont's latest fundraise, Norge Bank's continued buying in Paris and Berlin, PERE's Global Investor ForumAermont takes €3.8 billion for fifth fund, Norges Bank adds more in France and Germany with Swiss Life, PERE's Global Investor Forum hits Asia, and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.