China Investment Corporation (CIC)

Exiting Moscow’s Metropolis Mall and the Galeria in St Petersburg will now be challenging, but the assets had already returned their fund capital by the time sanctions were imposed on Russia.

China Investment Corporation, Future Fund and National Pension Service of Korea are among the backers of the firm's 10th opportunistic real estate fund.

Such is the appetite by private real estate’s biggest organizations that smaller peers are now actively marketing aggregation strategies and are expecting bonuses for their efforts.

Rolling assets from higher to lower risk and return vehicles in the name of retention makes sense to some managers, while others see conflict of interest.

A closer look at the winners and runners-up in the region.

Some of the biggest logistics platforms changed hands during a dramatic 12 months for the sector. PERE examines the drivers behind the deals and how the market’s big guns line up in 2018

The investment bank platform has outraised its predecessor fund by $1bn thanks in part to returning investors.

While the mall REIT did not accept the initial $14.8bn offer, Brookfield’s Bruce Flatt predicted ‘long, long processes’ of negotiations.