Managers

The $5.95 billion pension system has contributed a total of $60 million to closed-ended vehicles managed by Invesco and Long Wharf.

Early evidence of capital arriving in Europe from the A$1.5 trillion Australian superannuation industry arrives as a $A60bn fund picks Henderson Global Investors for an emerging UK retail property strategy.

The India-focused private equity manager has returned to the real estate space with a second industrial property fund, attracting global institutional investors such as North American pension funds and endowments.

The state’s municipal retirement plan approved two commitments of $100 million each to Blackstone’s first Asia-focused fund and its latest real estate debt fund.

The Chinese private equity real estate firm, backed by some of the country’s most prominent businessmen, is hoping to haul RMB6 billion for a property fund investing in mainland China, and it is thinking of raising its first US dollar fund too.

The Los Angeles-based real estate investment firm has purchased Three Ravinia on behalf of its CBRE Strategic Partners US Value 6 fund.

The €50 million contribution to Perella Weinberg Real Estate Fund II marks the $15.9 billion state endowment’s first contribution to a pure Europe-focused real estate vehicle.

The Miami-headquartered firm founded by Jeffrey Krasnoff -where former Morgan Stanley Real Estate global co-head Jay Mantz is president - is closing in on the $950 million target for its latest fund.

The $38.1 billion pension system has approved a commitment of $75 million to Oaktree Real Estate Opportunities Fund VI.

In a first venture of its kind, LaSalle Investment Management and Dutch pension fund asset manager APG are targeting whole loan development finance for the London residential and UK student housing sectors.