In a Global Capital Markets Research Report, JLL noted that there had been a notable increase in portfolio tranactions globally through 1H15: many of these had involved foreign capital. Recent portfolio deals have focused on the retail and hotel sectors. In 2Q15, for instance a noteworthy portfolio deal included the USD2.7bn purchase of a retail portfolio from Galeria Kaufhof in Germany by the Canadian/US HBC & Simon Property Group.

Source : August 2015/JLL/Munich/RET