Reports
Browse the latest rankings of investors and managers for the real estate and infrastructure sectors, plus all IPE Real Assets’ special reports on essential industry topics
Top 150 Real Estate Investors 2026: Total assets return to growth at $2.18trn
The IPE Real Assets top 150 ranking of some of the world’s largest real estate investors has captured US$2.18trn (€1.86trn) in property assets held by pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurers and other institutional capital owners
Top 150 Real Estate Investment Managers 2025: Lack of growth spurs M&A
Stagnation of AUM growth for the third year is helping to fuel a new wave of consolidation in the real estate investment management industry
Top 100 Infrastructure Investors 2025: Total assets rise 8% to $926bn
Full ranking of the largest pension, sovereign-wealth and insurance funds in the infrastructure
Top 100 Infrastructure Investment Managers 2025
Total AUM rises to €2.52trn and the top 10 consolidate their positions, writes Richard Lowe
Future of capital: The great private markets pivot to wealth and retail
Real assets investment managers have been scrambling to capture private wealth. But where, asks Christopher Walker, has that left institutional investors?
Reshoring is sparking fresh life into US life sciences real estate
Reshoring is creating new markets for US biomanufacturing. Virna Asara reports
Student housing: Supplying a $1trn global higher education industry
Higher education is booming, and student housing has a crucial role to play amid fierce competition. Christopher Walker reports
Natural capital comes of age
Beyond forestry and farms: Investors increasingly recognise the potential for positive environmental and social impact alongside financial return
ESG under pressure
Christopher Walker examines the weight of factors bearing down on sustainability in real assets
Here to stay: long-term outlook for Europe’s hotel markets remains bright
European hospitality has been one of real estate’s post-pandemic success stories, writes Isobel Lee
Deglobalisation - Playing defence in Europe: Opportunities for real assets investors
Will European remilitarisation create opportunities for institutional investors? Christopher Walker investigates
The future of cities: what are they for, where are they going?
Christopher Walker talks to leading thinkers in the built environment about the future role of the city
Power to the processors: data centre boom continues post-DeepSeek
Investors are moving beyond the ‘DeepSeek moment’ to grappling with the energy challenges of the data centre boom. Christopher Walker reports
Global student housing: more students, fewer beds
A glaring mismatch between enrolments and available accommodation is driving demand for PBSA globally. Florence Chong reports
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