Secondaries, CRE debt, and infrastructure emerge as top picks as valuations reset and manager selection becomes critical.

Federated Hermes' Private Markets 2026 Outlook reveals that deal activity is gaining positive momentum following interest rate normalization in H2 2025, positioning private asset classes to deliver greater capital distributions from older vintages—which should fuel new allocations toward specialist strategies rather than generalist, diversified approaches.

Marc Zahr, Co-President and Head of Real Estate at Blue Owl Capital, recently appeared on the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast for a live interview in Miami to discuss how his firm has transformed from a $17 million startup in 2009 to managing $64 billion in real estate assets today. Zahr identifies a massive market inefficiency: $20 trillion of property, plant and equipment sits on investment-grade companies' balance sheets as non-earning assets, creating unprecedented opportunit

Starwood Capital Group closes three private credit vehicles totaling $2.86 billion, expanding its global real estate credit business.

Beach Point Capital Management closes over $1.25B across two funds, targeting middle market credit and real estate debt opportunities.

What's happening:   Wellington Management is expanding its private investing capabilities by forming a Private Real Estate Credit...

Blackstone has closed an $8 billion commercial real-estate debt fund, matching their own record for this type of investment vehicle, accordi

Northwind Group provides $135M loan for NYC office-to-residential conversion, marking first deal from new NDF III debt fund.