Over 2021, INREV reported at least €254 billion of capital was raised for non-listed real estate globally, a new-record high since the beginning of the global Capital Raising Survey in 2015. The majority of capital was raised for North American (€90 billion) and European (€73 billion) strategies, followed by global (€56 billion) and Asia-Pacific strategies (€34 billion) and a small category of other. Read more
Jan Peter Balkenende, former Prime Minister of the Netherlands (2002-2010), enthralled delegates at this year’s INREV Annual Conference. In a blistering keynote address, Mr Balkenende shared his clear-sighted perspective on a range of critical issues, from the conflict in Ukraine to re-establishing geopolitical stability, achieving a sustainable economic recovery, and the importance of creativity and inspiration in political discourse. Read more
At this year's Young Professionals Conference we will be touching on the very important topic of inclusion with Ernst Dekker, Dekker & Van Velzen. Ernst shares some of his thoughts with IQ before he takes to the stage. Read more
The three-hour seminar around the theme, ‘Open for Business: preparing for a post-COVID world’, took place on 1 July 2021, with many interesting areas covered and moderated by Catriona Allen from LaSalle Global Partner Solutions. Read more
With its theme of Reinvention for resilience: getting ready for the new normal, one of the most important questions for the INREV Annual Conference 2021 was how the COVID-19 pandemic would impact non-listed real estate in the longer term. Read more
It is now well documented and widely agreed that the Internet of Things (IOT) is fundamentally changing the way businesses operate and how consumers engage with companies, while at the same time opening up new business opportunities and models. Read more
The global commercial real estate market may be worth as much as €130 trillion (1), but it is a conservative asset class that has historically been slow to embrace technological advances, at least compared to other industries. Read more
INVESTOR VIEWPOINT Investors are seeking assurances about high levels of good corporate governance. This development has been supported by INREV’s corporate governance self-assessment test, which is based upon the Corporate Governance Module and its seven basic principles. Investors are doing this to protect their capital interests and to enable them to be more accountable. Read more
How is recent consolidation impacting today’s GP/ LP relationship? And how will the business model evolve in the next 10-15 years? Read more
Is the industry facing a liquidity crisis? Investors believe so, according to the latest Investment Intentions Survey. Two experts explore whether they're correct. INVESTOR VIEWPOINT To me this outcome is surprising, not because of the liquidity issue itself but because of this being an issue at this point in the cycle. Read more
