July / August 2013 Issue

When international investors were presented with plans for China’s biggest private real estate fund by entrepreneurs Kenneth Hung and Vincent Lo, they flocked to the vehicle in droves. Some haven’t touched Asian real estate since. PERE Magazine June 2013 issue.

The latest big real estate merger sees TIAA-CREF, the New York-based financial services group, and Henderson Global Investors agreeing to combine forces in Europe and Asia to create a new global platform. PERE Magazine, July/August 2013 issue

There haven’t been this many large funds in market since before the global financial crisis, and that says as much about general partners as it does investors. PERE Magazine, July/August 2013 issue

Timber and farmland investments are better able to withstand downturns and are stronger performers than traditional real estate. PERE investigates why more investors aren’t committing capital to these asset classes. PERE Magazine, July/August 2013 issue.

Investors looking for yield and higher returns in the US are realizing that alternative real estate such as student housing, medical office and self-storage properties may be their best bet. PERE Magazine, July/August 2013 issue.

Managers of alternative real estate assets in Europe are recognizing the need to supplement their real estate knowledge with operational expertise in order to make their investments work. PERE Magazine, July/August 2013 issue.

Henderson Global Investors had the same affliction of being stuck in the middle as a mid-sized manager that requires a larger financial partner in order to grow. July August 2013 issue.

Although alternative real estate investment seems like additional risk for Asian strategies, certain fund managers actually are seeing the benefits of buying in markets with scant competition. PERE Magazine, July/August 2013 issue.

There may have been rioting in Stockholm a few days before PERE arrived in the city, but it was business as usual for those engaged in real estate investing in the Nordics. PERE Magazine July/August 2013 issue.

The ‘occupier’ was a main theme of the ninth annual PERE Summit in London, where Google’s Matt Brittin talked about the effect of the ‘asset-light’ generation. PERE Magazine JULY AUGUST 2013 issue.

Denmark’s largest private pension plan buys a €100 million secondaries portfolio as it rolls out a new international expansion program. PERE Magazine July August 2013 issue.

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The New York-based private equity firm has been bidding on numerous assets in Europe and last month announced its first deal. PERE Magazine July August 2013 issue.

Private equity giant TPG Capital has placed real estate among its top three strategies. Kelvin Davis, who oversees the firm’s real estate activities, explains the mission. PERE Magazine July, August 2013 issue.

Taiwanese insurers are more likely to buy international real estate than Japanese REITs, even though both are now permitted to do so. PERE Magazine July/August 2013 issue.

The real estate secondaries market has gotten more liquid as the pool of atypical buyers has gotten a lot bigger. PERE Magazine, July/August 2013 issue

A series of recent deals in Manhattan suggest that investors once again are willing to pay top dollar. PERE Magazine, July/August 2013 issue

Australia-based Queensland Investment Corporation has entered the US real estate market—and plans to grow its North American presence. PERE Magazine, July/August 2013 issue

The Blackstone Group has held the largest first close of a private equity real estate fund in Asia since the start of the financial crisis, just as it predicted. PERE Magazine July/August 2013 issue.

PREI Asia is closing its Beijing office as part of a wider centralization initiative that will see strategic decisions about China made in Hong Kong. PERE Magazine July/August 2013 issue.

A recent property sale by a dollar-denominated fund to a Chinese currency fund signals greater exit options for opportunistic players. PERE Magazine July/August 2013 issue.