The next frontier for real assets: Why multi-product managers have a head start to 2030

About this episode

The episode discusses the advantages multi-product managers have in the evolving private real assets market as we approach 2030.

This episode is sponsored by Manulife Investment Management and first appeared on The PERE Podcast As new industries evolve and accelerate, new opportunities are constantly arising for institutional investors in the private real assets space. It isn’t always easy, however, for managers to grasp hold of these opportunities. As assets like data centers have become investable in recent years, managers have found that they need to devote time and effort to understand the dynamics around these unfamiliar assets. And the private markets industry has occasionally been guilty of obsessing over which labels to apply to emerging assets. This is the first episode of our Private Markets 2030 podcast miniseries, part of PEI Group’s wider initiative exploring how private markets are evolving as we enter the decade’s second half. Across the series, we unpack how managers can adapt, attract capital and deliver performance in an increasingly complex market. Joining us are three guests from Manulife Investment Management: Erin Patterson, global co-head of research and strategy; Maggie Coleman, the firm’s chief investment officer for real estate equity and co-head of global portfolio management…

People in this episode

Guests: Erin Patterson, Maggie Coleman, John Anderson

Topics covered

• real assets
• institutional investing
• multi-product managers
• private markets
• capital attraction
• performance delivery

Keywords

• private equity
• real estate
• data centers
• investment strategy
• diversification
• market dynamics

Sponsors

Manulife Investment Management

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PEI Group, PERE Podcast

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