The past year was a challenging investment environment, as higher interest rates and concerns about property valuations led many investors to pull back on activity until they could better understand the market dynamics.

India has a rising prominence with diversification benefits. India’s evolution from an emerging market to one of the fastest-growing economies in the world underscores its rising global and regional prominence. Its economic trajectory is expected to remain one of the fastest worldwide, fueled by its youthful demographic composition, a burgeoning consumer class and an outsized urbanization rate, among other advantages.

Defined Contribution Alternatives Association (DCALTA) issued its first topical research paper on recent trends in DC plan alternative investments.

The current downturn in the U.S. real estate industry, largely catalyzed by higher interest rates and shifts in demand following the COVID-19 pandemic, creates opportunities to generate enhanced value but will require executing a focused, selective, and hands-on strategy and partnering with a manager with experience across periods of dislocation.

Societies around the world, particularly in Asia and parts of Europe, are aging quickly, due in part to the baby boom generation moving into retirement age, lower fertility rates, higher life expectancies and the imposition of government policies, such as the now abandoned one-child policy in China and restrictive immigration policies in Japan.

Värde Partners has formed a joint venture with David Weekley Homes to invest in land bank residential communities.

Urban Land Institute (ULI) and LaSalle Investment Management have launched a new framework to help the real estate industry act on climate risk disclosure data.

Bain Capital Real Estate and 11North Partners, a retail-focused investment platform, have formed a joint venture to acquire and operate open-air retail centers throughout the United States and Canada.

During fourth quarter 2023, active REIT managers increased allocations in telecommunications, gaming and specialty, bringing all three property sectors’ asset shares close to their FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs index weights.

Redwood Trust and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), through subsidiaries of CPPIB Credit Investments, have formed a $750 million strategic capital partnership.

Breana Wheeler, BREEAM’s U.S. director of operations, discusses sustainable strategies within the commercial real estate market, tracing the transition from a focus on risk mitigation to a value-added approach.

Investcorp, in partnership with two leading sovereign wealth funds, has formed a new venture focused on acquiring industrial real estate assets in the United States.

KSL Capital Partners has completed the final closing of its latest travel- and leisure-focused private equity fund, KSL Capital Partners VI, according to IREI.Q database.

Elysha Johnston has launched Bullpen Capital Advisory, a consultancy providing specialized investor relations and marketing solutions to help real estate and private equity managers effectively nurture and scale their investor bases.