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💥 Explore Asia’s booming private credit and property investment landscape #ALTSME, December 3, in Doha. Singapore-based asset manager Lighthouse Canton plans to deploy over $1.5 billion in India across the next few years, strengthening its focus on private credit and real estate, senior executives told Reuters. The firm expects to invest more than $1 billion in private credit and $500
Federated Hermes, Inc., a global leader in active investing, has reached a definitive agreement to acquire an 80% stake in FCP Fund Manager, L.P. (FCP), a privately held U.S. real estate investment manager based in Chevy Chase, Maryland. The transaction marks a major step in Federated Hermes’ expansion into the U.S. real estate market, reinforcing its growing focus on private
Register now for Markets Group’s Institutional Fall Retreat, which will be held Nov. 17-19, 2025 The $21B Arkansas Teacher Retirement System is committing $150M to two U.S. real estate funds, betting that the commercial property market is nearing a turning point after two years of price corrections and higher interest rates. ATRS approved a $50M commitment to Raith Real Estate
The Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System is weighing a proposed $100M commitment to the Blue Owl Real Estate Fund VII, a North American net lease strategy that targets assets primarily in the industrial data center and essential retail sectors. The commitment would be PennSERS’ first real estate investment of the year. The strategy focuses on properties that corporations rely on
UAE real estate group Arada has acquired a 75% stake in British developer Regal for 2.5 billion dirhams ($681 million), marking its second overseas expansion after launching operations in Australia last year. The deal includes Regal’s pipeline of 10,000 homes across 11 projects, which will now operate under the name Arada London. Chairman Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qasimi said
The $42.5B (£34B) Railpen is continuing to build out it private markets team with its latest move in promoting Julia Diez to head of U.K. productive assets. In her new role, Diez will direct the strategic vision and execution of the pension manager’s productive asset portfolio, with a focus on U.K. innovation investments across real estate, infrastructure, and other private market assets,
More than three-quarters (77%) of global family offices anticipate a rise in economic protectionism, while 70% expect global tariff rates to remain the same or increase — suggesting that higher tariffs are viewed as the new normal, according to a new report by Goldman Sachs. The report also found geopolitical conflict was a top concern for nearly two-thirds (61%) of
The $77B Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois has appointed Janice Llereza senior investment officer — diverse and emerging managers. Llereza joins TRS from Boeing, where she spent more than two decades on the investment team managing the company’s $58B corporate defined benefit plan. Most recently, she served as director of the aerospace manufacturer’s $4.4B real estate and
Permira and Blackstone have agreed to acquire a $525 million minority stake in Dubai-based Property Finder, signaling sustained investor interest in the emirate’s real estate market. The deal also includes a partial exit by General Atlantic, which has backed the platform since 2018 and will remain a significant shareholder. The transaction marks Permira’s first Middle East investment, coming shortly after
The C$140B Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System has brought back Eric Plesman to Oxford Properties Group, appointing him president and chief executive officer of the pension fund’s real estate arm. Plesman previously worked at the C$79.2B Oxford Properties for a decade in various leadership roles, including head of Canada and executive vice-president of North America. He left the organization in
💥 Explore Asia’s booming private credit and property investment landscape #ALTSME, December 3, in Doha. Singapore-based asset manager Lighthouse Canton plans to deploy over $1.5 billion in India across the next few years, strengthening its focus on private credit and real estate, senior executives told Reuters. The firm expects to invest more than $1 billion in private credit and $500
Federated Hermes, Inc., a global leader in active investing, has reached a definitive agreement to acquire an 80% stake in FCP Fund Manager, L.P. (FCP), a privately held U.S. real estate investment manager based in Chevy Chase, Maryland. The transaction marks a major step in Federated Hermes’ expansion into the U.S. real estate market, reinforcing its growing focus on private
Register now for Markets Group’s Institutional Fall Retreat, which will be held Nov. 17-19, 2025 The $21B Arkansas Teacher Retirement System is committing $150M to two U.S. real estate funds, betting that the commercial property market is nearing a turning point after two years of price corrections and higher interest rates. ATRS approved a $50M commitment to Raith Real Estate
The Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System is weighing a proposed $100M commitment to the Blue Owl Real Estate Fund VII, a North American net lease strategy that targets assets primarily in the industrial data center and essential retail sectors. The commitment would be PennSERS’ first real estate investment of the year. The strategy focuses on properties that corporations rely on
UAE real estate group Arada has acquired a 75% stake in British developer Regal for 2.5 billion dirhams ($681 million), marking its second overseas expansion after launching operations in Australia last year. The deal includes Regal’s pipeline of 10,000 homes across 11 projects, which will now operate under the name Arada London. Chairman Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qasimi said
The $42.5B (£34B) Railpen is continuing to build out it private markets team with its latest move in promoting Julia Diez to head of U.K. productive assets. In her new role, Diez will direct the strategic vision and execution of the pension manager’s productive asset portfolio, with a focus on U.K. innovation investments across real estate, infrastructure, and other private market assets,
More than three-quarters (77%) of global family offices anticipate a rise in economic protectionism, while 70% expect global tariff rates to remain the same or increase — suggesting that higher tariffs are viewed as the new normal, according to a new report by Goldman Sachs. The report also found geopolitical conflict was a top concern for nearly two-thirds (61%) of
The $77B Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois has appointed Janice Llereza senior investment officer — diverse and emerging managers. Llereza joins TRS from Boeing, where she spent more than two decades on the investment team managing the company’s $58B corporate defined benefit plan. Most recently, she served as director of the aerospace manufacturer’s $4.4B real estate and
Permira and Blackstone have agreed to acquire a $525 million minority stake in Dubai-based Property Finder, signaling sustained investor interest in the emirate’s real estate market. The deal also includes a partial exit by General Atlantic, which has backed the platform since 2018 and will remain a significant shareholder. The transaction marks Permira’s first Middle East investment, coming shortly after
The C$140B Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System has brought back Eric Plesman to Oxford Properties Group, appointing him president and chief executive officer of the pension fund’s real estate arm. Plesman previously worked at the C$79.2B Oxford Properties for a decade in various leadership roles, including head of Canada and executive vice-president of North America. He left the organization in