Press Releases

22 May 2019, Amsterdam – The Fund Manager Survey 2019, published today by INREV, ANREV and NCREIF, reveals a 12.0% increase in global real estate assets under management (AUM) reaching a total of €2.8 trillion in 2018. For the first time in the survey’s history, the largest manager breached the €200 billion mark, while all three of the top ranking managers exceeded €140 billion each.

25 April, Amsterdam – INREV’s pan-European annual Asset Level Index has recorded a total return of 10.23% in 2018. The new index reveals robust overall performance with capital growth of 5.74% and an income return of 4.27%. This release of the index reflects data from 6,038 assets with a total combined AUM of €151.6 billion, covering around 20 countries and all key real estate sectors. The results point toward the underlying strength and resilience of the non-listed real estate investment industry in Europe.

03 April, Venice – The first pan-European quarterly Asset Level Index was launched today at the INREV Annual Conference. Hugely anticipated by the industry, the index already covers over 7,000 assets with a total AUM of over €150 billion, with the potential to become much larger and to provide even greater depth of insight.

03 April 2019, Venice – Ray Adderley from Nuveen Real Estate has joined the INREV Management Board. The appointment was confirmed at INREV’s Annual General Meeting in Venice and is effective immediately.

03 April, Venice – A record €161.7 billion of capital was raised for investment into real estate around the world in 2018, according to the Capital Raising Survey 2019, published by ANREV, INREV and NCREIF today.

Investors still set to hike commitments, in defiance of late cycle 10 January, London – Current average allocations to real estate increased to 10.0% from 8.9% in 2018, against an increase in target allocations from 10.2% to 10.4%, significantly narrowing the gap between the two for the first time, according to the global Investment Intentions Survey 2019, published today by INREV, ANREV and PREA. However, global institutional investors remain bullish about real estate indicating their intention to place a minimum...

12 December 2018, Amsterdam – INREV’s German Vehicles Quarterly Index for Q3 2018 recorded a slowdown in performance of German vehicles. Overall returns fell to 0.74% compared to 1.06% the previous quarter, bringing the 12-month rolling return to 4.02%. The downturn was largely driven by slower capital growth at 0.37%, dropping off from 0.50% in Q2 and 1.01% in Q1 2018. Spezialfonds still robust The Spezialfonds sector has tripled in size over the past eight years and has persistently outperformed...

The 2018 INREV Debt Funds Universe report, reveals the continuing strength of real estate debt funds. The full Universe of 67 vehicles – eight more than last year – recorded a total target gross asset value of €33.0 billion – up from €30.2 billion in 2017. The Universe results reflect investors’ stated appetite for debt funds as highlighted in INREV’s Investment Intentions Survey 2018, which showed that 23.6% of investors planned to increase their allocations to debt funds. Though the increase in the number of debt funds in the Universe is relatively low at 11%, this is likely to increase. The Investment Intentions Survey suggests that interest is likely to come from US investors hunting for opportunities to gain greater exposure to European non-listed real estate.

The Nick Tyrrell Research Prize recognises the best in real estate investment research 1 October 2018, London – Industry associations and the sponsors, the European Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles (INREV), the Investment Property Forum (IPF) and the Society of Property Researchers (SPR), have awarded the 2018 Nick Tyrrell Research Prize to joint authors Dr Frank Ametefe and Dr Steven Devaney, both of the Henley Business School, University of Reading, with Professor Simon Stevenson of the University...