Nathan Williams

Non-US LPs in US real estate funds should expect 'additional scrutiny' during reviews and investigations by a beefed-up Committee on Foreign Investment in the US.

Blackstone, which said the discrepancy was due to three-quarters of its investment team in the country being male, pays men on average 30% more an hour.

The pension plan cited weak pricing as the reason for aborting the sale of the private equity and real estate fund stakes.

Partners Group bought the stakes from two firms.

Just over $5 billion-worth of deals closed last year, down from $8.2 billion in 2015, according to Landmark Partners.

The all-cash sale between the New York-based asset manager and real estate investment trust (REIT) Ventas involved a portfolio of 23 buildings leased to a mixture of universities and pharma firms.