Investors

General partners and investors alike are driving changes in how capital for the strategy is being structured and raised, and how opportunities are being accessed.

While the prevailing view is that real estate retains its appeal over other asset classes, the annual Emerging Trends in Real Estate Europe forecast, published by PwC and the Urban Land Institute, shows investors adapting to the challenges of a ‘tough’ market.

PERE’s annual conference in Tokyo saw some of the biggest names in the Japanese institutional investor community outline their investment strategy.

Investors are forcing funds to take disclosure to a whole new level of detail, with broken deal expenses one of the most contentious areas.

Tadasu Matsuo, managing director and head of alternative investment at Japan Post Insurance, lays out the investor’s diversified portfolio investment strategy in a freewheeling interview with PERE.

Which individuals and organizations made the biggest marks in private real estate in 2018? 

The equity invested in private real estate by non-US investors has grown in both absolute and relative terms.

The Government Pension Investment Fund has entered global real estate. PERE investigates what comes next for the world’s largest pension fund.

Rising US interest rates are unlikely to stop the flow of foreign capital, according to panelists at the Global Leaders in Real Estate Summit in New York.

While a growing percentage of institutions are targeting value-add and opportunistic investments, interest in core strategies has declined for the first time in five years, according to a new report.