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Sovereign Wealth Funds Show Signs Of Real Estate Fatigue

Direct real estate and infrastructure investments made by SWFs declined from a total of $25 billion in 2016 to $23.2 billion last year.

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LONDON–Sovereign wealth funds scaled back their investment in private markets last year and the main reason was a growing sense of real estate fatigue, according to a new report by the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds.

Last year direct real estate and infrastructure investments made by SWFs declined from a total of $25 billion in 2016 to $23.2 billion, according to the report. In the property sector, there was almost a 40% decrease in the number of investments in private markets between 2016 and 2017.

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Erika Morphy

Erika Morphy has been writing about commercial real estate at GlobeSt.com for more than ten years, covering the capital markets, the Mid-Atlantic region and national topics. She's a nerd so favorite examples of the former include accounting standards, Basel III and what Congress is brewing.

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