All Asset Allocation articles
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White papersWhere Conviction Meets Selection: Finding Value in a Market of Diverging Real Estate Outcomes
A perspective on why investment selection, not broad sector exposure, may define the next phase of alternative real estate investing.
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Asset Manager NewsHines Announces Next Generation Leadership to Build on Global Real Assets Momentum
Adam Hines to join Laura Hines-Pierce as Co-CEO; David Steinbach named President; Alfonso Munk named Global CIO
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White papersWhy Australia - The Lucky Country: A Global Safe Haven
We are pleased to present the third edition of the Why Australia report. This qualitative and quantitative analysis explores Australia’s fundamental drivers influencing the outlook of Australia’s commercial real estate (CRE) sector and its resilience as a ‘global safe haven’.
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White papersWhy Real Estate Debt & Why Now?
Commercial mortgages offer similar benefits as private debt along with the security and optionality of real estate equity. Amid a wave of refinancing needs and lower bank activity, non-bank lenders are finding stronger structures and better pricing opportunities.
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White papersCommercial real estate under higher inflation and interest rates
Why the interaction between inflation and real rates matters more than either variable alone
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White papersBeyond the rate cycle: A new era for global real estate
Global real estate is entering a new era following a significant repricing driven by higher interest rates. While valuations have adjusted, property market fundamentals in many sectors are strengthening, and early signs of a recovery have emerged across global markets. Against this backdrop, investors are increasingly focused on income generation and long-term rental growth rather than relying on falling interest rates to drive returns.
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White papersWhat a 5% 10-year Treasury means for commercial real estate
As the 10-year Treasury pushes toward 4.75% for the first time since January 2025, investors are asking what it means for U.S. commercial real estate (CRE). Importantly, the reason rates are rising matters as much as the level. What began as an orderly move in real rates and term premium is now giving way to something less benign - rising inflation expectations and a bond market that’s testing the Fed’s resolve. A 10-year yield near 5% raises the bar for CRE, but it sharpens our thesis rather than breaks it: net operating income (NOI) growth and selectivity are what will likely separate winners from the rest.
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White papersFrom Repricing to Relevance
Commercial real estate is entering a new phase. Artificial intelligence and geopolitical volatility are reshaping how physical space is used and valued.
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White papersFarmland beyond the narrative - PREA article: Resilience, risks, and repositioning across market cycles
Since the early 1990s, US farmland has established itself as a durable and stable component of real asset portfolios, demonstrating resilience through multiple macroeconomic shocks. Its long-term appeal is rooted in capital preservation, relatively steady returns, and reliable cash flows, supported by essential-goods demand, constrained supply, and strong linkages to inflation.
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White papersInnovation through imitation - Using the full toolbox for smarter infrastructure investing
Innovation in infrastructure investment models – particularly co-investments – is helping institutional investors close allocation gaps in this fast-growing asset class.
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White papersA quantitative framework for estimating CRE cycles
The commercial real estate market is at or near a cyclical trough and transitioning into an early-cycle recovery phase, and history says what comes next is long and durable.
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White papersBeyond the runway: How airports manage through rising jet fuel prices
Amid renewed geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, energy markets remain volatile. Jet fuel is more expensive, airlines are starting to face increased costs, and clients are asking what it means for airport assets. While a potential path to peace may emerge, this does not change the fundamentals of airport operations.
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White papersREIT Market Perspectives - a REIT reawakening
A strong market rotation into listed REITs to start 2026 is prompting renewed investor interest in an asset class that has been overshadowed by artificial intelligence (AI) and private markets in recent years. With durable cash flows, improving fundamentals…
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White papersInfrastructure Horizons 2026
Global infrastructure is being redefined by powerful, long-term forces – from AI-driven connectivity to the needs of fast-growing cities. The Infrastructure Horizons series highlights the trends and opportunities set to influence investment thinking over the decade ahead.
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White papers2026 Mid-year update: Inside Real Estate Outlook
Amid geopolitical volatility and shifting macro crosscurrents, the CRE recovery is intact - but uneven, with wider dispersion than headlines reveal. This creates a market that is ripe for alpha discovery through careful property, market, and fund selection.
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Asset Manager NewsInvestments in Dutch student housing grow to nearly €1 billion
Interest from institutional investors in Dutch student housing has increased significantly in a short period of time. In 2025, nearly €1 billion was invested in this type of housing, of which more than €400 million came from pension funds and insurers.
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White papersOld Money: How demographic change will reshape real estate
Real estate has long been anchored by two enduring principles: location and the interplay between supply and demand.
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White papersReal Estate Investment Outlook: Poised for recovery, but facing headwinds
Despite still-subdued market activity, our real estate outlook points to continued evidence of a market recovery that we expect to gather momentum into 2026, with transaction volumes and edging higher, rents being supported by constrained supply, and valuation opportunities across sectors and geographies.
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