By examining the headwinds created by working from home, economic conditions and the effect of AI, we gain insight into the potential turning points for the office market.

Intuitively, we tend to assume that an investment manager who consistently has outperformed the benchmark is likely to continue to outperform the benchmark. And, conversely, we tend to assume that an investment manager who consistently has underperformed the benchmark is likely to continue to underperform. We also tend to assume that a manager with its own capital at risk is more likely to have its interests aligned with the interests of its investor clients. To the best of my knowledge, there’s absolutely zero evidence to support either of these contentions.

Aware Super has formed a strategic partnership with London-based Delancey Real Estate, an investment, asset and development manager, to establish a property platform in the United Kingdom that will invest up to an initial £1 billion (US$1.3 billion) in property.

In its October 2024 Global Financial Stability Report, the International Monetary Fund raises liquidity-risk concerns regarding defined contribution plans and unit-linked insurance products — both of which have grown globally in recent years.

Asia Pacific investment volumes in third quarter 2024 reached US$38.8 billion — their highest level in 11 quarters — marking a robust 82 percent increase year-over-year, according to JLL’s Asia Pacific Capital Tracker Q3 2024 report.

Oxford Economics has launched its Commercial Real Estate Megatrend Resilience Index, a forward-looking perspective on the long-term influence of megatrends on commercial real estate.

Transit-oriented developments (TODs) are becoming an essential aspect of urban renewal and a key contributor to sustainability and real estate optimisation, according to a new report from Colliers, The Value in Transit-Oriented Developments.

Real estate securities brought the sun and the flowers by adding 16.25 percent in the third quarter of 2024, in US-dollar terms, on the back of three consecutive monthly wins, according to the GPR/APREA Composite Index.

The Australian REIT sector rebounded in the third quarter of 2024, with a total return of 14.5 percent. The strong performance was in line with global equities as markets prepare for the potential of interest-rate cuts.