China Ping An Insurance Overseas (Holdings) Limited, the main offshore investment and asset management platform of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd (2318 HK, 601318 SH), together with its subsidiaries (Ping An Overseas Holdings), has successfully closed Ping An Global Equity Selection Fund II (the Selection Fund II), and Ping An GP Opportunities Fund (the GP Opportunities Fund) (collectively the Funds).

Private real estate manager Origin Investments has launched a second Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) Fund targeting USD300 million in funds. 

ESR Cayman Limited (ESR) has held the initial closing of ESR Japan Income Fund (JIF) with USD750 million of equity commitments. 

Pathfinder Partners (Pathfinder), a San Diego-based private equity firm specialising in multifamily real estate investments, has held the quarterly closing of the Pathfinder Income Fund, with more than USD5 million in new commitments, bringing total Fund capital to more than USD137 million.

Alantra has closed its private debt real estate fund, Alteralia Real Estate Debt FIL (Alteralia RED) with EUR132 million in capital commitments.

Origin Investments, a private real estate manager, has launched a USD350-million Multifamily Credit Fund designed to give qualified purchasers a passive income stream substantially higher than most other fixed income investments such as ETFs, corporate bonds and certificates of deposit. 

Savills Investment Management (Savills IM) has launched a UK retail park strategy to capitalise on the strong income-producing characteristics of the UK retail parks sector with a target capital raise of GBP360 million.

Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management has already reached its target to match the successful previous fund raising for its infrastructure debt platform, the fifth vintage having raised to date more than EUR1.2 billion. 

Buying activity in property funds halved in September as one crisis after another dampened investor confidence in both UK assets and the UK economy as a whole, according to the latest Fund Flow Index from Calastone. 

TIME Investments (TIME), which specialises in asset-backed and income producing investments across real estate, infrastructure, renewable energy and lending, has launched TIME:Property Long Income & Growth  (the Fund), an innovative hybrid property  fund which combines a portfolio of primarily UK listed real estate securities and directly held long income properties in defensive and economically sustainable sectors. It is designed to provide retail investors with a consistent and attractive level of income - and capital growth prospects.