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NEWARK, N.J., July 19, 2017 - PGIM Real Estate Finance, long attracted to the industrial sector, has closed more than $1.2 billion in commercial mortgage loans within the sector through the first half of 2017 as e-commerce continues to drive industrial development. The loans include transactions in the U.S., the U.K. and Australia, representing about a third of the company’s originations through June 30.

NEWARK, N.J., July 17, 2017 - Nathan Sheets has joined PGIM Fixed Income as chief economist and head of Global Macroeconomic Research. With $654 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2017, PGIM Fixed Income is among the largest global fixed income managers. PGIM Fixed Income is a business of PGIM, the global investment management businesses of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU).

Although the majority of the three-decade, bull market in bonds is likely behind us, PGIM Fixed Income believes fixed income, including Absolute Return Fixed Income, still provides plenty of opportunities for investors. In The Return of Absolute Return Fixed Income, Michael Collins, senior investment officer and portfolio manager for Multi-Sector Fixed Income strategies, discusses different types of absolute return fixed income portfolios and how a well-diversified, duration-constrained approach can take advantage of alpha-generating opportunities while avoiding systematic exposure to rising interest rates.

SYDNEY/NEWARK, June 21, 2017 – Cameron Sinclair has joined PGIM as Head of its Institutional Relationship Group responsible for Australia and New Zealand based in Sydney, Australia. PGIM, among the world’s top 10 asset managers with more than $1 trillion in assets under management, is the global investment management businesses of U.S.-based Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).

NEWARK, N.J., June 19, 2017 - Emerging markets, which already command nearly 60 percent of global GDP on a purchasing power parity basis, will collectively drive global growth over the next decade, but investors would be wise to reconsider how they approach these markets. Increasingly, says PGIM, emerging markets will be the masters of their own economic fate, making a one-size-fits-all classification of emerging markets obsolete.

WALNUT CREEK, CALIF., June 1, 2017 - PGIM Real Estate and Kisco Senior Living have formed a joint venture to acquire and operate Byron Park, a 187-unit independent and assisted living facility in Walnut Creek, Calif. PGIM Real Estate, acting on behalf of institutional investors, is the real estate investment business of PGIM, the global investment businesses of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).

SINGAPORE, May 30, 2017 – PGIM Real Estate has recently completed the acquisition of a food storage and distribution centre at 1 Buroh Lane in Singapore, on behalf of a pan-Asia value-add fund it manages for institutional investors. PGIM Real Estate is the real estate investment business of PGIM, the global investment management businesses of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).  

NEWARK, May 22, 2017 – Josh Cohen will join PGIM as Head of Institutional Defined Contribution for its Institutional Relationship Group. PGIM, among the world’s top 10 asset managers¹ with more than $1 trillion in assets under management², is the global investment management businesses of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU). 

MEXICO CITY, May 11, 2017 – PGIM Real Estate has completed a capital raise of MXP$4.4 billion (USD$235 million) for PruMex IV CKD, a closed-end real estate fund investing across various property sectors in Mexico. PGIM Real Estate is the real estate investment business of PGIM, the global investment management businesses of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU). 

LONDON, April 27, 2017 - PGIM Real Estate has completed a capital raise exceeding £1 billion for PRECap VI (Pramerica Real Estate Capital VI), surpassing its fundraising target. PRECap VI is the largest fund in a series dedicated to investing in private real estate debt in Europe.