With less than a week left to cast your votes for the 2023 PERE Global Awards, the results are far from decided. More than 10,000 readers have hit the ballots so far, but some of the most coveted titles are separated by only a handful of votes as we approach the final furlong.
We took a sneak peek at the current standings. The leaders in a small number of categories, such as Institutional Investor of the Year: Global and Residential Investor of the Year: Global, look to be commanding an insurmountable lead, but everything is still to play for in the majority of award categories.
Voting will be audited after closing, but here are some of the tightest races, where your votes could still sway the result:
Firm of the Year: Global – Defending champion Blackstone finds itself up against stiff competition from fellow US-based manager Greystar, with fewer than 50 votes separating the top two contenders at time of writing. Which real estate titan deserves the most coveted global accolade? Vote now to decide.
Debt Firm of the Year: Global – In one of the slimmest margins of all the award categories, Kayne Anderson sits a mere 11 votes ahead of PIMCO in the race to be crowned global Debt Firm of the Year. This battle of the Californian capital markets giants will be one to watch.
Industry Figure of the Year: North America – This award is proving a tight three-horse race between Blue Owl‘s Marc Zahr, CBRE Investment Management‘s Julie Ingersoll and GIC‘s Adam Gallistel. Only six votes separate the top two contenders, and the third is a mere 27 votes off pole position. Watch out for a photo finish as we round into the home straight.
Firm of the Year: Europe – Over in the Europe category, Urban Partners and Greystar are battling it out for the top award, with fewer than 30 votes between them at present. The Copenhagen-based firm may have its nose out in front, but at such a slim margin the race is far from over.
Deal of the Year: Europe – Another super-tight race in Europe is being fought for the Deal of the Year accolade, where the three leaders – all US giants – are separated by only 21 votes at time of writing. In a challenging year for capital deployment, these large and significant deals are all worthy winners, but only your votes will decide who triumphs.
Firm of the Year: Asia – Last but not least, two titans are tussling for the title of Firm of the Year for Asia in one of the most closely fought contests of any category. Hong Kong-based Gaw Capital Partners and Singapore-based GLP Capital Partners have blown their competitors out of the water by attracting a combined 69 percent of the votes so far. A razor-thin margin of nine votes currently separates the two leaders.
Across all regions, there are multiple other categories where fewer than 100 votes could change the result entirely. The polls will close on Monday, January 8 at midnight PT, so vote today to decide which firms, individuals, fundraises and deals deserve to be celebrated for their achievements in 2023.
Please remember that you may only vote once per category, you may not vote for yourself or your own firm, all votes are confidential and you are not required to vote in all categories – simply vote in those that are of interest to you.
PERE thanks everyone across the industry who has already cast their votes. We look forward to announcing the winners in March.
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