When aspiration meets actuality: Fundraising isn't what it used to be, but it's better than it was
Judging by capital-raising figures, investment in large fund structures is definitely back in vogue. Equity totalling €18.1 billion poured into private European real estate funds in 2013, according to the latest (May 2014) Capital Raising survey from INREV, the European Association for Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate Vehicles; a five-year high and one that eclipsed the average amount raised across 2008–2012 by a staggering 77 percent.