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Increasingly investors are showing more interest in commercial real estate in Asia, South America, and other emerging markets. According to a recent Wall Street Journal (WSJ), retail is an attractive property type in EMs now that growth rates are increasing and structural reforms are underway.

“Democratization of returns from capital markets is starting to erode. Until the fundamental problems of public markets are addressed, fast growing companies will continue to grow privately, and retail investors will not have access to as many high-growth companies.” - David Hunt, President and Chief Executive Officer, PGIM

NEWARK, N.J., Sept. 11, 2017 – George N. Patterson will join QMA’s investment team to co-lead a unified Global Equity Platform, aligning the firm’s U.S. Value, U.S. Core and Non-U.S. Core investment strategies under one leadership team. The new platform will allow QMA to refine and customize products in response to the needs of its global client base, consistent with its long-term, research-led investment philosophy.

NEWARK, N.J., Sept. 5, 2017 – Prudential Short Duration High Yield Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ISD) and Prudential Global Short Duration High Yield Fund, Inc. (NYSE: GHY) announce the appointment of Barry H. Evans and Laurie Simon Hodrick to their board of directors. 

NEWARK, N.J., Sept.5, 2017 – Barry H. Evans and Laurie Simon Hodrick have been named independent directors for open-end mutual funds offered by PGIM Investments, the $90 billion retail investments business of PGIM. PGIM is the $1 trillion global investment management businesses of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).

CHICAGO, Aug. 14, 2017 - Prudential Capital Group, a leading source of private capital for public and private companies, has provided more than $7.1 billion to companies and projects worldwide in the first two quarters of 2017. This milestone represents an increase of $1.8 billion compared to the first half of 2016, and an almost doubling in investments outside of North America. Prudential Capital Group is the private placement arm of PGIM, the $1.1 trillion global investment management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., Aug. 1, 2017 – PGIM Real Estate has acquired The Quaye at Palm Beach Gardens, a 340-unit, Class A apartment community in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on behalf of institutional investors. PGIM Real Estate is the real estate investment business of PGIM, the global investment management businesses of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).

ATLANTA, July 26, 2017 – PGIM Real Estate has acquired Regions Plaza, a 23-story, Class A office tower in Atlanta, Georgia, on behalf of institutional investors. PGIM Real Estate is the real estate investment business of PGIM, the global investment management businesses of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU). 

A radical shift in the forces shaping emerging market growth will require investors to take a different investment approach from what may have worked in the past. Increasingly, discovering investment opportunities will be rooted in the ability to capture the alpha from the new growth drivers, rather than in chasing the beta of the broad universe.

NEWARK, N.J., July 20, 2017 - Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU) today announced a new organizational structure for its U.S. businesses that extends its customer reach and facilitates pathways to new markets. The structure better reflects the company’s strategic focus on leveraging its mix of businesses and its digital and customer engagement capabilities to expand its value proposition for the benefit of customers and stakeholders.