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Cohen & Steers scores pension backing for fund mixing listed and private real estateThe New York-based manager has raised $279m a year after launching the vehicle, which seeks to outperform the ODCE Index with tactical allocations to specialist REITs.
Blueprint: NBIM's big Blackstone commitment, Cohen & Steers and IDR join forces, Hines loses another executiveScandimania dominates this week’s headlines: NBIM kicks things off with a blockbuster commitment; meanwhile, Hines, the firm from which NBIM recently poached its head of real estate, loses another top executive. Two US-based managers copy NBIM’s approach of targeting public and private real estate, Greystar enters the Nordic market, and more in this week’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Beta awareness should prevail as cycles turnLagging performance indicators in private real estate is an existential problem for the sector, making alpha betting challenging for investors, argues James Corl, head of private real estate, Cohen & Steers.
Blueprint: GIC’s real estate leadership changes, MSREI’s fund extension for G10, Brookfield’s first close for BSREP VGIC’s real estate chief investment officer Lee Kok Sun retires after 27 years at the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund; Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing receives a one-year extension on the investment period for its tenth global real estate fund; Brookfield raises $8 billion in the initial close for BSREP V; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blueprint: Geopolitical impacts on private real estate, US and UK interest rate policy sentiment threatens to diverge, annual private real estate fundraising at lowest level in more than a decadePERE's February Deep Dive highlights the ripple effects of geopolitics on private real estate investment activity globally; interest rates policy thinking is showing signs of divergence in the sector; fundraising totals for private real estate are the worst in more than a decade, just two years after hitting a peak in 2021; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blueprint: Bain gets back on the fundraising trail, Prologis's big industrial buy from Blackstone, GCP's $3.2bn fundraiseBain Capital re-enters the market with its third real estate fund, Prologis buys $3.1 billion of industrial property from Blackstone on its balance sheet, GCP crosses the $3 billion threshold in its open-ended Japan fund; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Real estate debt funds step into the banking voidWith liquidity set to tighten further as banks continue to retrench, alternatives lenders are seeing opportunities across the spectrum.
Deep Dive: When will the lights go back on for real estate dealmaking?Investors are still in the dark over real estate values, but there are several reasons why the industry may be back in business before long.
Cohen & Steers adds to private real estate teamThe listed specialist’s return to the sector is bolstered by another former Siguler Guff executive.
MSIM’s Durkay: ‘You can achieve a double-digit return’ in listed real estateThe firm's new head of global listed real assets believes certain office REITs could still generate 10-15% IRRs over the next several years.