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PERE Asia chairman’s report: Asia's insulation among the key takeawaysAsia’s insulation, overweight appetites for the region’s developed markets and a still-early AI-driven data center opportunity were key themes at this year’s conference for chairman, La Caisse’s George Agethen.
Artemis's Deborah Harmon: ‘If I can do it, then I can pave the way’This year’s PERE Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Artemis Real Estate Partners co-founder Deborah Harmon, has proven that championing diversity and delivering strong performance are not mutually exclusive.
When big ambition is challenged by a lack of exitsThe Middle East has become an investment hotspot for several of the world’s largest real estate managers, but exit avenues remain a sticking point for investors.
Blueprint: Stoneweg’s M&A push; Kennedy Wilson's privatization; Nuveen’s investor expansionStoneweg plans to scale its real estate AUM to €15 billion by 2030, eyeing the deployment of €1 billion across Europe’s living sector in 2026 alone. Kennedy Wilson is slated to be taken private in a $1.65 billion deal agreed by a consortium of executives at the firm and Fairfax Financial. Elsewhere, Nuveen is diversifying the investor base of its Nordic self-storage platform by inviting capital partners outside its parent company; and more in today’s digest, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Real estate broker-owned managers face further growth headwindsThe steep stock market selloff last week compounds an already daunting challenge for property services firms to scale their investment managers.
Private real estate buyers warm to Hong Kong againBlackstone’s reported bid for local developer New World signals the market is back on global institutions’ radar.
Blueprint: Nuveen-Schroders merger; Mapfre’s portfolio diversification; brokerages’ sell-off implicationsNuveen’s acquisition of London-based asset manager Schroders is slated to form a $2.5 trillion asset management titan with a private real estate exposure at around $172 billion. Madrid-based insurer Mapfre is looking to diversify its property portfolio and seek opportunities outside the office market, investment manager-owning listed brokers experience stock rout because of AI bubble fears and more in today’s digest, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Former Brookfield exec joins Slättö to support globalizing investor baseAs managing director of capital formation, Laura Barstow will help the Swedish manager capture growing international interest in Nordics real estate.
Last mile quickly becomes logistics investors’ first choiceAs logistics markets recalibrate, last-mile assets stand out with rent growth supported by supply pressures, e-commerce and consumer expectations.
Industrial investors turn to small bays for big playsInstitutional real estate investors seeking larger returns are jumping into the small-bay, multi-let industrial subset.