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Last updated: April 21, 2026, 8:30 AM ET

Global Asset Management & Fundraising

Brookfield Asset Management is preparing for the first close of its sixth flagship infrastructure fund, targeting approximately $20 billion initially, with a final goal set at $30 billion, as institutional capital continues its structural pivot toward long-duration assets; this move follows a trend where major allocators are emphasizing infrastructure alongside real estate deployment Prologis reported securing over $2.6 billion of third-party equity in Q1 2026, signaling strong investor appetite for logistics and industrial properties amid rising deployment volumes Prologis. Elsewhere in Asia, the Government Pension Investment Fund of Japan made a notable strategic shift by selecting Hong Kong’s Phoenix as its first Asia-based real estate manager partner for domestic investments GPIF taps Hong Kong’s Phoenix.

Real Estate & Infrastructure Strategies

The pursuit of value-add returns in European hospitality is intensifying, with Arrow Global scrutinizing opportunities in Southern European hotel and resort assets driven by structural tourism uptrends Arrow Global’s playbook. Meanwhile, Australian superannuation funds are increasingly favoring direct access, as evidenced by Colonial First State’s A$370 million commitment to Morrison’s Value Add Infrastructure Strategy II, which specifically incorporated a co-investment sleeve to satisfy mandates demanding greater portfolio control Colonial First State moving.