Jonathan Brasse
Jonathan Brasse is the Senior Editor, Real Estate for PEI Media’s real estate publications. He oversees the editorial output and leads the reporting team behind the sector-leading private real estate publication PERE as well as Real Estate Capital, the group’s real estate credit markets publication. Jonathan joined PEI in 2009 from UK commercial property magazine Property Week where he oversaw international news and analysis coverage.
The real estate fund of funds manager had explored an asset sale on the secondaries market last year.
Investors in private real estate vehicles are engaging in secondaries as a way to managing their engagement with the asset class, delegates at the annual MIPIM conference were told.
A near 40% decline in deal value meant a different focus for the firm’s latest private real estate secondaries research, and gives sister publication PERE's editor Jonathan Brasse cause to think the sector is entering a pivotal period.
The direct secondaries specialist has purchased a 50% share in a collection of properties that include the building that houses the London Stock Exchange.
Greenhill Cogent's Bill Thompson and Andy Nick discuss how real estate secondaries has matured into an increasingly accepted portfolio management and restructuring tool.
The preeminent sovereign wealth fund of the country has opened a satellite office in Hong Kong which will house research professionals.
The private real estate multi-manager is exploring the sale of its assets among other strategic options.
Partners Group and CBRE are reported to be interested in the retail real estate investment management firm’s second European fund.
The private markets investment firm has picked up five real estate fund positions from the New Zealand investor, which is looking to exit the asset class.
If Ardian’s $10.8bn means private equity secondaries have come of age, then a real estate secondaries fund would have to raise around $3.6bn to have a similar impact on its market.