real estate

Inheriting an indirect property business when that market is dominated by recapitalisation deals brings further conflict challenges that must be reconciled.

The hire will help to lead investments in Europe while the private markets firm also plans to step up deployment in Asia.

Although the strategy is not front of mind for most investors, a new type of manager-led deal is set to attract more institutional capital.

Here are some key things to know about the asset management giant’s plans to build a holistic secondaries business.

The asset management giant has backed a process involving a core-plus portfolio in the Greater Boston area and has infrastructure and private equity secondaries in its sights.

The firm, which rebranded to Sera Global last week, will expand its offerings including across secondaries and liquidity options for real estate.

Metropolitan's new owner BentallGreenOak is known within the real estate world for an unconventional diversity, equity and inclusion policy.

Investors are increasingly interested in tailored secondaries structures, writes James Jacobs, global head of real estate for Lazard’s private capital advisory group.

The listed alternatives giant hired two Partners Groups executives last year to help launch the effort, which could grow to a $50bn business overall for the firm.

The departure comes as the volume of real estate secondaries reached a record high of $8.5bn last year, driven by fund and portfolio recapitalisations.