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The firm made an $89m preferred equity investment in a $534m portfolio.

The firm recently formed a programmatic joint venture with Ivanhoé Cambridge for middle market preferred equity deals.

With the pandemic opening up secondary opportunities, the Los Angeles-based firm went on a performing loan buying spree for its $650m strategy.

The Toronto-based alternative asset manager will now expand its product offerings stateside following the take-private transaction.

The Canadian pension investor’s expansion efforts including doubling its lending book in the coming years.

The former Torchlight Investors partner has joined the real estate debt specialist as senior managing director and co-head of capital raising.

The New York-based alternative asset manager, formerly known as Och-Ziff Capital Management, beat the target for its latest property vehicle by nearly $1bn.

The economic fallout from covid-19 has stoked fears of a liquidity crisis in US commercial property lending.

Capital providers and their managers are seeking fresh pockets of value as fundraising in the sector dips.

The Colony Capital boss says the US property loan market is on the brink. Lenders in Europe should take note.