Blueprint: NPS’s JV spree, AustralianSuper’s European play, GIC’s next Americas head, PERE’s latest fundraising report and more

PERE's latest fundraising report, out this week, confirms how 2024 was an extraordinarily difficult year for real estate managers. Will things turn around in 2025? A string of mega-deals suggests buyers and sellers are finding common ground. Leading the way is Korea's NPS, with nearly $2.4 billion in commitments to a pair of real estate ventures. Elsewhere in the industry, AustralianSuper picks up a 50 percent stake in Oxford Properties' European logistics platform, GIC names its next Americas real estate chief, US multifamily managers land in regulators' crosshairs and more in this week's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.