In this month’s edition of Real Estate Spotlight, we analyze opportunistic real estate in terms of its risk/return offerings and what this could mean for investors. We also take a look at investors active in the asset class, fundraising in Asia and private real estate deals in 2018 so far.

In this month’s edition of Real Estate Spotlight we turn our attention to the ‘$1bn Club’ – those investors allocating a minimum of $1bn to the asset class – and examine the make-up of this exclusive group and the influence it has on industry trends. We also provide a Q2 fundraising update, and take…

In this month’s Real Estate Spotlight, we assess whether global diversity can benefit investors, comparing the performance of funds focusing on single- and multi-country investments. We also feature exclusive commentary from PwC, which examines the importance of Germany, Switzerland and Austria in t…

In this month’s Real Estate Spotlight we take a look at private equity real estate (PERE) deal activity in the retail sector, shining a light on a market that has been facing broader difficulties in recent years with the increasing prevalence of online shopping among other factors. Also in this issu…

This month’s Real Estate Spotlight focuses on the real estate industry as a whole, comparing it to the wider alternative assets industry and understanding how it fits into this constantly growing industry. We also explore the US private real estate landscape, breaking down the data region, as well a…

In this month’s Real Estate Spotlight, we use the data from Preqin’s 2018 Global Real Estate Report to analyze the 2017 fundraising market as well as industry AUM and dry powder. We also reveal the largest real estate funds closed, and detail how investors source and select funds and what fund manag…

This month’s Spotlight features an exclusive preview of the 2018 Preqin Global Real Estate Report, including 2017 in numbers, funds in market, fund manager outlook, fund managers and much more.

Ahead of the publication of the EisnerAmper 2019 Private Equity Real Estate Market Outlook in March 2019, this blog looks at the fundraising challenges facing the real estate industry. This contribution is provided by Lisa Knee, Todd Hankin and Maureen Blair from EisnerAmper.

“[An illiquid asset] is a decent asset to have and protect against short-term volatility,” said an Australian superannuation fund. This is one of the key reasons why Australian superannuation funds invest in alternatives. Preqin data shows that a near-majority (80%) of such institutions seek to allo…

In 2011, real estate industry assets under management surpassed $500bn for the first time, and reached a post-crisis fundraising record in 2015. As at the end of 2017, total assets stand at $0.8tn and real estate is the third largest asset class in alternatives, behind hedge funds and private equity…

With their increasing sophistication, Korean LPs continue to expand their overseas alternatives allocations. The growth of investors’ overseas alternatives allocations is outstripping that of their domestic allocations, fuelled by limited opportunities onshore and increased familiarity with for…

Over three-quarters (76%) of real estate investors that are planning new commitments in the next 12 months will target core funds, up notably from 60% in Q3 2017. Sixty-seven percent of investors will commit to value-added funds, while 66% will target opportunistic vehicles. As seen in the chart be…

As the alternative assets industry continues to grow, Preqin is launching an initiative examining the Future of Alternatives. In conjunction with key industry participants, we take a five-year look into the future to see where the market will be, what changes fund managers are planning for and how i…

In our final blog of this series, we share the views on alternative assets expressed by over 500 institutional investors when surveyed in June 2018, as well as their thoughts on how their alternative assets portfolios will perform in the next 12 months. A decade ago, global alternatives assets unde…

Real estate debt has attracted substantial investments over the past few years; Preqin’s online platform recorded $32bn raised by private real estate debt funds in 2017 globally, an increase of almost 40% from the previous year. With historically low interest rates and quantitative easing having dep…

As the alternative assets industry continues to grow, Preqin is launching an initiative examining the Future of Alternatives. In conjunction with key industry participants, we take a five-year look into the future to see where the market will be, what changes fund managers are planning for and how i…

To celebrate the launch of The 2018 Preqin Alternative Assets Performance Monitor, we will be releasing a series of blogs to highlight the key findings of the report and shed light on the current performance of the alternative asset industry. Our first blog in this series takes a closer look at the …

As the alternative assets industry continues to grow, Preqin is launching an initiative examining the Future of Alternatives. In conjunction with key industry participants, we take a five-year look into the future to see where the market will be, what changes fund managers are planning for and how i…