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The embattled Chinese conglomerate is said to be launching a fund to target real estate and other overseas investments, raising questions about potential investors and strategy.

Among the takeaways from this year’s PERE 50 ranking is a consideration to double its size now more than 100 private equity real estate firms have raised more than $1 billion in the last five years.

This week, GreenOak Real Estate announced it closed on €911m for its second European property fund, almost 200% more than its 2015 first effort. But this is no fund series on steroids.

For foreign investment managers that want a piece of the Canadian real estate market, there’s every chance they’ll have to accept non-control positions.

Todd Soloway, the chair of law firm Pryor Cashman’s hotel and hospitality group, considers what should be on the minds of private equity real estate investors

Most managers would benefit from rethinking their compensation structures and corporate cultures – or else risk losing their best young employees.

The US government’s influence over deals relating to national security is not something to ignore when transacting with international counterparties.

GLP and ARA have different primary purposes for expanding the brief to include infrastructure but there’s plenty of sense in doing so.

MIPIM’s host country was driving much of the optimism around European real estate at this year’s conference

Speakers at PERE’s annual Asia Summit in Hong Kong still believe gut instinct cannot generally be automated when it comes to underwriting deals. But the market’s biggest risk-return strategy may be the exception to the rule.