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How KKR reached scale through aggregationThe New York-based private equity giant has tripled its AUM in the past year without leaning on mega-deals.
Blueprint: Oaktree's biggest real estate debt fund yet, Blackstone's record-setting raise, regulators target private fundsOaktree's shifting deployment strategy for third debt fund; a banner year for Blackstone's core-plus platform; US regulators put private funds back in the crosshairs; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Deep Dive: Private real estate's next contenders (part one)In the first of our two-part story, PERE highlights the managers striving to become private real estate’s next powerhouses.
GCP: Versatile strategy critical to deployment in US logisticsHaving a flexible deployment strategy and an enhanced focus on operations and asset management helps investors navigate an increasingly competitive market, say GLP Capital Partners’ Adam Berns and Steve Crowe.
Mapletree: Asian player takes on the worldSingapore’s Mapletree has acquired close to S$10bn of logistics real estate in the US and Europe in the past four years, says Europe and US regional CEO Michael Smith
Blackstone inches closer to launching BREP XThe successor to the sector’s biggest private equity real estate fund, Blackstone Real Estate Partners IX, is expected to be launched this quarter.
Blackstone names China real estate boss after a yearLed by Justin Wai, the firm plans to expand its real estate team in Shanghai this year to accommodate its growing business in Greater China.
Blueprint: Centerbridge hits it big with second fund, Blackstone flexes its perpetual muscles, Ivanhoé Cambridge joins Greystar in South AmericaHow Centerbridge Partners surpassed its Fund II target by $800m; Blackstone's latest BREIT acquisition; Greystar and Ivanhoé Cambridge bring global institutional capital to Chile; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Centerbridge Partners closes second fund on $2.3bnThe private equity specialist is focusing its real estate platform on alternative real estate, such as cell towers, marinas and single-family homes.
LaSalle sees ‘pivot’ in capital flows for new Canadian fundLaSalle Investment Management closed its latest country-specific value-add fund after raising exclusively from European investors.