Key Takeaways
- • PERE, part of PEI Group, launched its inaugural PERE Core 100 manager ranking on 1 September 2026, tracking capital raised for core and core-plus real estate strategies.
- • According to PEI Group's announcement, the ranking reveals $223bn raised for private real estate's two lowest risk-return profiles, core and core-plus.
- • The ranking ranks the top 100 managers in real estate's lowest risk-return segment, focusing on open-end funds targeting core and core-plus strategies.
- • The launch is timed as institutional appetite for core real estate is expected to return, per PERE.
- • Full manager rankings and performance data are available only to registered PERE subscribers.
Summary
PERE, the private real estate publication of PEI Group, published the first PERE Core 100, a ranking of the top 100 real estate managers by capital raised for core and core-plus strategies. The ranking was released on 1 September 2026, with PEI Group reporting in its launch announcement from London on 2 September that the list captures $223bn raised for private real estate's two lowest risk-return profiles.
PERE described the launch as arriving as institutional appetite for real estate's lowest risk and return profiles is expected to return. The ranking focuses on open-end funds targeting core and core-plus strategies, which PERE characterized as a segment that may have found a floor after a period of weakness in core real estate fundraising. The publication framed the Core 100 as part of a broader set of PERE rankings, which include the PERE 100, the PERE 100 Most Influential, and the recently launched PERE Credit 100.
The full ranking is available to registered users of PERE's platform, which offers daily private real estate news, proprietary research, and investor strategy and competitor performance data. The publication also said the ranking is accompanied by a podcast episode and is part of a broader 'Core Week' editorial focus.
The primary source does not provide individual manager names or fund-level capital totals beyond the aggregate $223bn figure, so specific fundraising leaders are not detailed in this summary.
PERE described the launch as arriving as institutional appetite for real estate's lowest risk and return profiles is expected to return. The ranking focuses on open-end funds targeting core and core-plus strategies, which PERE characterized as a segment that may have found a floor after a period of weakness in core real estate fundraising. The publication framed the Core 100 as part of a broader set of PERE rankings, which include the PERE 100, the PERE 100 Most Influential, and the recently launched PERE Credit 100.
The full ranking is available to registered users of PERE's platform, which offers daily private real estate news, proprietary research, and investor strategy and competitor performance data. The publication also said the ranking is accompanied by a podcast episode and is part of a broader 'Core Week' editorial focus.
The primary source does not provide individual manager names or fund-level capital totals beyond the aggregate $223bn figure, so specific fundraising leaders are not detailed in this summary.
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