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Mississippi PERS sees early recovery from core managers' rebalancingAlthough the firms all leaned more heavily into niche strategies, they diverged on how to recalibrate their office exposures going forward.
TPG Angelo Gordon adopts ‘top-down’ approach for latest flagship fundThe firm has a $3bn target and more rigid sector allocations for Realty Value Fund XII, the first launch in the global series since Angelo Gordon’s acquisition by TPG in 2023.
Blueprint: PIMCO’s record data center fund, Bain’s shopping center haul, Hongkong Land’s private debut, and moreIn this final edition of Blueprint for 2025, we send you into the holiday break with a pair of sector-specific fundraising scoops. First, PIMCO sets a new bar for efforts targeting European data centers after closing its debut sector fund on a record €1.8bn. Meanwhile, Bain Capital reaches $1.6bn with its first dedicated real estate fundraise targeting the retail sector. Elsewhere, key details emerge about listed giant Hongkong Land’s private real estate debut, and more in this week’s digest, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blueprint: Ares’ new era, BGO’s data center fundraise, target allocations’ slide, and moreA change atop Ares Management’s global real estate business leads the headlines this week, followed by an exclusive on a US industrial fundraise by BGO with a data center angle. Meanwhile, Hodes Weill finds a dip in investors’ target real estate allocations, Prologis eyes capitalization strategies for its own data center expansion, AustralianSuper expands its UK push, and more in this week’s digest, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Mississippi PERS commits $75m to real estateThe Jackson-based public pension fund backs TA Realty.
Blueprint: Schroders’ next Asia head, NBIM’s office push, UK pensions eye real assets and moreLeadership changes top the headlines this week as Schroders names its next Asia-Pacific real estate head, Swedish manager Areim replaces its head of investor relations and Australia’s sovereign wealth fund taps a private real estate veteran to run its growing property business. Meanwhile, one of the UK’s largest pension investors charts a real estate expansion, US managers tweak their strategies for the tariff era and more in this week’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blueprint: A CPP megadeal, a Howard Marks-backed record fundraise, Blackstone's Europe view and moreNorth American investors are staking their claims in high-conviction European property sectors this week, led by Canada’s CPP Investments, which fended off KKR among others for a coveted student housing portfolio. Meanwhile, Maryland-based Realterm sees a windfall for its Europe-focused outdoor storage fund, Blackstone’s head of Europe sits with PERE for a wide-ranging talk and more in this week’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blueprint: Morgan Stanley’s $800m fundraise, CapitaLand's China expansion, Clarion's new president and moreReal estate investment trusts – of both the listed and nontraded variety – are back in the spotlight this week as Morgan Stanley amasses a war chest and national portfolio for its inaugural private REIT, while Singaporean real estate manager CapitaLand eyes an expansion into the Chinese public markets. Elsewhere, private real estate managers find a discount opportunity in REIT stocks; Pretium’s head of real estate decamps for Clarion Partners; and more in this week's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blueprint: ART's $1bn Almanac mandate, Apollo's Bridge to real estate primacy, PERE Asia Summit, and moreMega-deals top the private real estate headlines this week as Australian Retirement Trust and Almanac Realty Investors go hunting for US operating companies while Apollo agrees to buy Bridge Investment Group in a transaction poised to make it one of the industry's biggest managers. Elsewhere, Sculptor Capital Management raises its largest-ever property fund, Hines recruits a veteran APAC capital raiser, and more in this week's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Blueprint: Inside Ares' GLP carveout, Blackstone counsels patience, PIMCO shuffles leadership and morePERE's Asia-Pacific reporter Christie Ou explores the fallout from Ares Management's mega-deal for logistics manager GLP Capital's ex-China business; Blackstone predicts better days – and bigger returns – ahead for real estate, CBRE Investment Management gets creative in student housing; PIMCO sees another leadership shakeup; Goldman Sachs sizes up a “new normal” for interest rates; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.