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Investors need to consider multiple drivers when thinking about demand for digital assets in the region, writes Brigg Macadam’s emerging market banker and ADIA’s former real estate global chief operating officer Martin Schwarzburg.

As covid-19 restrictions ease, investors are becoming more active. But the assets they want are changing, says James Jacobs, head of real estate for Lazard’s private capital advisory group.

An incoming EU directive pertaining to third-party pre-marketing activity could exacerbate the challenges facing UK fund managers, write Debevoise & Plimpton's Patricia Volhard, Jin-Hyuk Jang and John Young.

James Jacobs, head of real estate for Lazard’s private capital advisory group, says the easing of restrictions on both sides of the Atlantic is changing institutions’ appetite for risk.

Structuring funds today requires factoring in a vast array of global tax and regulatory variables, says the co-chair of Greenberg Traurig’s global real estate practice, Steve Cowins.

ESG, Brexit and EU regulation are just some of the emerging factors influencing private fund managers’ destination decisions, writes Stephanie Baxter.

Partners at international law firm Withers highlight key developments impacting private funds in Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan.

Hampered transaction activity by the PERE 100 in 2020 was predictable in the circumstances, writes Simon Mallinson, executive managing director at Real Capital Analytics.

Landlords will have to be increasingly involved in the operation of buildings as covid accelerates changes in multifamily, says John German, managing director – residential investments at Invesco Real Estate.

Institutions continue to seek exposure to logistics assets as retailers adapt to a changing marketplace. Identifying assets that will benefit from structural change is critical, according to James Jacobs, head of real estate for Lazard’s private capital advisory group.