fundraising

But is the Connecticut-based firm’s Swiss secondaries rival paying as much attention these days?

In collecting 75% of its targeted capital for the fund, the London-based private equity real estate firm has already almost matched the total haul for its predecessor vehicle.

The real estate investor’s debut digital infrastructure fund, in partnership with Digital Bridge, is on track to beat its fundraising target.

The figures point to diminishing interest in hospitality-focused real estate funds

The investment firm's co-founder tells PERE sister magazine PEI why he took on the fundraising role, what modern rainmakers need to know and what he looked for in the early days.

In addition to the newly-created role, the firm held an interim closing for its second Europe-focused fund.

The investment platform includes three strategy-specific funds and a flagship vehicle that would deploy capital across all strategies, including real estate.

The US-based financial firm eyes summer launch for vehicles focused on Central and Eastern Europe and the US.

The fund, which has a $1bn hard-cap, will focus on education, healthcare, energy access, clean energy and social inclusion.

In adding to the $5bn raised in a first close for Blackstone Real Estate Partners Asia II last October the firm once again has beaten the region’s capital raising record for private real estate funds.