A powerful combination of global supply-chain risk, a shifting geopolitical backdrop and regulatory changes from the European Union have led to more Asian businesses with European customers nearshoring their production to Europe in recent years.

For at least a few decades, we’ve been talking about how the cow that most of the investment managers out there have been milking (the defined benefit pension fund cow) has been getting skinnier and skinnier.

In its latest report, Bold Predictions for 2025: Supply Chain Trends to Watch, Prologis makes its top predictions for 2025.

As part of an ongoing trend in superannuation fund mergers, Australian telecommunications and technology company Telstra’s pension fund arm, Telstra­Super, will merge with Equip Super, creating a combined fund of more than A$60 billion (US$37.3 billion) in assets under management and more than 225,000 members.

Nippon Life has agreed to acquire full ownership of Resolution Life Group Holdings by purchasing the remaining shares it does not already own. Resolution Life will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon Life.

Greystar has acquired a seven-asset, 5,662-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) portfolio in Australia for A$1.6 billion (US$1.02 billion).

CBRE’s Asia Pacific Retail Innovation Index reveals that Bangkok, Seoul and Tokyo are at the forefront of retail innovation, driven by their dynamic domestic retail ecosystems, diverse tourism markets, and vibrant cultural and entertainment offerings.

More than US$23.4 billion worth of global real estate secondaries transactions closed in 2023 — significantly greater than existing market consensus estimates of roughly US$10 billion — according to a new artificial intelligence–enhanced data capture methodology developed by CBRE Investment Management (CBRE IM).