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Around $7.2bn worth of real estate secondaries deals closed or were placed under contract last year, according to research from Landmark Partners.

New York-based Pretium’s $1.5bn deal is one of the largest GP-led secondaries transactions recorded, as such deals account for a growing share of the market.

The biggest institutions are putting more capital towards property and making the asset class a more significant portion of their portfolios.

The fund has received a €30m commitment from Willis Towers Watson’s secure income fund and intends to deploy €800m in the next five years.

Real estate secondaries transaction volumes fell 39.2% during the first half of 2019 but the dip is expected to be temporary, according to private equity secondary advisory firm Setter Capital.

The world’s largest pension fund is expected to engage in overseas real estate through more investment strategies and structures.

The Swiss bank’s real assets asset management arm recently completed the recapitalization of Avanath Capital Management’s first fund.

PERE sits down with the firm’s senior director of real assets to hear why this institutional money from the Lone Star state is pivoting away from commingled funds.

Sarah Schwarzschild, partner and co-head of Metropolitan, Carlyle’s real estate multi-manager platform, has become a private real estate role model for her professional progression while growing a family. She shares thoughts on how she made it happen.

Costs and disclosures are the top concerns emerging from PERE's Investor Perspectives 2019 Survey.