Charlotte D'Souza

As liquidity gradually returns to private real estate, much of the proceeds are not flowing back to where they came from, PERE heard at MIPIM.

As the dust settles on BNP Paribas’ acquisition of AXA IM, Isabelle Scemama says aligning different types of capital is a priority for the group’s recently merged alternatives business.

From offices to student housing and healthcare, AI’s advance is changing the outlook for various property sectors.

Investors and managers are preparing their private real estate portfolios for the risks – and the opportunities – inherent in a potential shock to AI’s steep growth trajectory.

The vehicles are the largest in their respective fund series, with US XI also the firm’s largest-ever capital haul for a closed-end real estate fund.

With its fifth European logistics value-add fund, the firm has closed the largest private real estate fund globally so far this year.

With the appointment of Anne-Jan Jager, the Southern European specialist is looking to grow its existing US platform and establish a presence in new European markets.

The manager has secured more than $650m across a global program focused primarily on GP-led secondaries but seeded with an LP-led fund portfolio.

With the Iran war exposing the volatility of energy pricing and the fragility of global supply, real estate managers consider how renewable energy can help mitigate the risks.

Following a multi-year selection process, two senior executives have been elevated as eventual heads of the business, while three have departed the secondaries manager.