ESG investing continues to gain momentum and prominence among global institutional investors as they increasingly look to benchmark not only the performance of funds in their portfolios but the impact they have on the world.

Hillview Real Estate, the UK regional office investor, has launched its third UK commercial real estate fund, Hillview Partners Property Fund III, with a target size of GBP300 million.

Angelo, Gordon & Co, a USD35 billion alternative investment firm focused on credit and real estate investing, has raised over USD1.5 billion in equity commitments for its most recent European real estate fund, AG Europe Realty Fund III, exceeding the Fund’s USD1.2 billion target and hitting its hard cap.

COLIV, an independent fund managed by DTZ Investors which is the world’s first fund established to provide institutions with the opportunity to invest in the London co-living sector, now has GBP170 million of capital to invest (assuming leverage), following a recently confirmed commitment from Merseyside Pension Fund, the Liverpool-based local authority pension fund.


PATRIZIA, a partner for global real assets, has held the final close of its flagship discretionary value add fund, TransEuropean VII LP (TEP VII), which has reached its equity hard cap of EUR750 million.  

Gresham House plc (Gresham House) has secured total commitments of GBP300 million for its British Strategic Investment Fund (BSIF), reaching the upper limit of the final fundraising target for this compelling strategy.

London Chelsea Limited is partnering with SolidBlock, a digital securities issuance and trading platform, to raise financing for London Digital Bond, a new property fund that invests in prime residential real estate.

With debt-laden intu expected to go into administration following a further slide in its share price, a number of hedge fund short sellers are set to gain from the shopping centre operator’s woes…

Sculptor Capital Management has held the final close of its fourth opportunistic real estate fund, Sculptor Real Estate Fund IV LP (SRE IV), with total capital commitments of USD2.6 billion. Ropes & Gray advised Sculptor Capital on the fund.

Sculptor Capital Management has held a final close of its fourth opportunistic real estate fund, Sculptor Real Estate Fund IV (SRE IV), with total capital commitments of USD2.6 billion.