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Strong market conditions and lower risk make it an opportune time to invest in the asset class, said the firm’s CEO.

The Japanese pension is shifting from “cautiously“ to “steadily“ developing its real estate allocation, director Yoshitaka Todoroki said at the PERE Tokyo Forum.

Blackstone raised the most during the period, hitting their target of $8 billion.

Meet the 50 largest fundraisers in the US commercial real estate lending market.

A difficult fundraising environment had the biggest impact on up-and-coming managers while established firms expanded.

The country’s deglobalization push is causing groups like CalSTRS and CalPERS to consider globalizing their property portfolios.

The firm raised nearly $1.3bn of capital for a pair of credit funds that included the California manager’s first distinct real estate debt offering. 

Norges Bank Investment Management concludes its wide search for the position with the hire of the CIO of Hines’ European business.

Canopy Real Estate Partners, which in February launched its first real estate private equity fund, is set to expand the geographic focus of the venture.

The sovereign investor will tap into existing real estate, asset-based lending and private credit strategies from Fortress alongside the manager’s existing capital pools.