“I think the pendulum has swung slightly back or normalized somewhat in the sense that there is a healthy discussion among LPs and GPs about fund terms in general.”

Jeremy Plummer of CBRE Global Multimanagers and Steve Coyle of Bentall Kennedy share their views on the fund of funds industry, its challenges and future.

Jerry Gates of Hamilton Lane says that RE investors need to keep expectations for returns in check in the current market, and not use outdated benchmarks.

“If you have something today that is leased, with today’s market cap rates, financing structure, sell it,” says Equus Capital Partners’ Dan DiLella. “Just don’t hesitate, sell it. This is the time to sell it.”

Drew Fung of Clarion Partners says rising interest rates aren’t affecting mezz lending much, but there are areas of the market to be avoided.

Todd Henderson of Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management, talks about the firm’s $12bn of capital inflows in 2013, tailoring opportunistic separate accounts for investors and plans for future funds.

Jeremy Plummer, CEO of CBRE Global Multi Manager tells PrivcapRE about the surprising speed of the UK recovery, where he’s looking for value in Europe.

Institutional investors could be set to allocate an additional $350bn to the real estate asset class globally over the next five to 10 years, according to a survey of almost 200 investors by Cornell University Baker Program and Hodes Weill & Associates.

Real Capital Analytics’ Bob White gives Privcap an overview of the markets he thinks are set to outperform – and underperform – this year.

Jeremy Plummer of CBRE Global Multi Manager argues U.S. core real estate is ‘fully priced’ and urges more investors to start exploring a global core portfolio.

Trepp’s Tom Fink talks to Privcap about the outlook for the CMBS market, which property asset classes can still expect some pain and what lenders and borrowers learned from the financial crisis.

Only the best performing real estate fund managers will continue to attract funds, says Pamela Wright, Managing Director of Greenhill Real Estate Capital Advisory Group.

Real Capital Analytics’ Bob White on investors’ growing appetite for secondary assets and the emerging rebound in unloved markets and asset classes.

LPs should get prospective GPs off-script to understand the true character of the manager. Roy Schneiderman of Bard Consulting offers his advice on improving manager due diligence.

David Rose of Hewitt EnnisKnupp on the role of commercial real estate debt in the institutional portfolio.

Allocation expectations. IPD’s Greg Mansell discusses the results of the latest research into sovereign wealth and pension funds’ real estate allocations and the outlook for commercial property investment.

Steven LeBlanc has backed some of the largest managers in private equity and real estate, yet he argues the best performing funds are often the smallest.

A new crowdfunding platform works to eliminate middlemen and outdated regulations in the commercial real estate market.