London-based Aermont Capital has held a €2 billion final close for its fourth Euro-pean real estate fund, Aermont Capital Real Estate Fund IV.

Investors in Fund IV — which has hit its hard cap — include public and private pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, and other institutions from Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia.

Aermont adopts an operator-oriented approach to its investing, emphasising large complex investments that offer long-term value creation opportunities for associated assets and businesses. Since its inception in 2007, Aermont has raised some €6 billion in aggregate equity commitments for a succession of four funds (including Fund IV), which constitute its only activities to date. Each fund has operated under what is essentially the same mandate.

AEW has held a €370 million final close for RESIDYS, a fund targeting residential real estate assets in France, with a focus on the Paris region.

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