February 2016 Issue

Real estate investment banking is suffering a brain-drain when it needs greater numbers, Caroline Gibson, real estate head at recruitment and advisory firm Alderbrooke, writes.

India’s real estate market continues to face hard times but participants at the PERE India roundtable say green shoots of recovery are now visible.  

As Japanese and other Asian institutions look to European real estate, Schroders’ property team has been quick off the mark to develop relationships.  

With order restored in the Republic of India, the country has seen the return of investors and the rise of new real estate trends, says Ravi Hansoty, head of Asia Pacific at Equity International.  

Few private equity real estate professionals can maneuver through a crisis like HSI’s Maximo Lima.

European retail is set for a banner year as investors head back to the high streets

BlackRock’s pick for the head of its new real assets group could potentially undermine its real estate business – unless the executive prioritizes right.

While there is heavy demand for European commercial real estate, the region has the supply to match, explains Jason Oram, partner at Europa Capital.

NBIM’s new real estate CEO is charged with overseeing a significant expansion while managing return expectations.

Harrison Street plans to build up a European student housing business before adding other niche strategies to its first overseas office.

Brookfield Asset Management has purchased part of Berlin’s huge Potsdamer Platz development, including the Kollhoff-Tower, one of the jewels in the portfolio’s crown.

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After weathering its post-crisis wind-down, AIG Global Real Estate faces its latest challenge: convincing the industry that it is still in business, despite a new round of cuts.  

Germany’s biggest public pension fund manager wants European high street properties. It has backed Hines’ European arm to the tune of €660 million to deliver the strategy.

Investors in the Trophy Property Development Fund will see 0.75x equity returned, a better outcome than previously feared.  

More than escalating political strife, it is plunging oil prices that stand to mar the Saudi Arabian and other Middle East economies.  

China has begun 2016 with unexpected stock market volatility and currency swings.  

Delegates at PERE’s first Middle East and Africa-focused conference spoke of the increasing investment scope in the continent.  

Thailand’s first listed real estate investment trust with foreign assets will open up the global real estate markets for domestic retail and institutional investors.  

How to keep junior employees engaged has been a topic of discussion for emerging firms.

Legg Mason is poised to be a very different parent for Clarion Partners than its previous owners.

Recent changes to FIRPTA will benefit one big group of foreign investors, not all.

Capricious FX markets across the globe are causing property investors to think long and hard about mitigating currency risk. Some are even trying to take advantage of the volatility.