BlackRock Real Assets has just confirmed the sale of one of the first acquisitions it made three years ago in Europe Property Fund IV, a pan-European value-added strategy. »

By Matthew Peake, Partner, Cluttons Investment Management – Whilst Central London continues to attract significant global capital, investment in the regions over the last two years was up on 2016, with overseas investors accounting for a significant proportion of that.  »

Hong Kong remains the most expensive location in the world for expatriate rent, with typical expat accommodation averaging USD10,929 per month. »

Luxembourg’s funds industry enjoyed a good period of growth last year, a period during which assets under management grew, on average by 15 per cent, asset flows grew by 5 per cent, profits grew by 10 per cent, while margins were broadly maintained somewhere close to 37 per cent.  »

Following the initial boom of liberalisation, new restrictions are having a severe cooling effect on the nascent international Chinese PERE market – fund managers that are in it for the long-haul will need to up their game during this period of tightening, writes Jimmy Leong, Managing Director in Asia, at Augentius.  »

SS&C Technologies has launched a re-engineered version of SKYLINE Skyscraper, the company’s popular property management, reporting and accounting solution for commercial, residential and mixed-use property managers.  »

The sixth annual Institutional Real Estate Allocations Monitor from Hodes Weill & Associates and Cornell University finds that global appetite for investment in commercial real estate remains strong, particularly among institutions in the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa regions. »