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Pursue opportunities across the full capital spectrum, leveraging our time-tested track record in real estate and private markets.
Our global asset management business, Principal Asset Management:
Top 10 Global real estate manager1
Our scale and reputation give our clients access to high-quality opportunities.
60+ Years investing in private markets2
Time-tested expertise and a long-term perspective that investors can rely on.
315+ Dedicated investment professionals3
Leveraging networks and insights across diverse industries, capital structures, and geographies.
The alignment between our balance sheet and your investments fosters a rigorous and intentional approach to developing investment strategies and deploying our shared capital.
Enhance your portfolios where they need it most
Our proven, credible investment teams harness their expertise to provide you with access to both core and underexplored investment opportunities.
Gain access to high-quality opportunities
Meaningful relationships with U.S. based and global businesses deliver a healthy pipeline of deal opportunities, while our patience and selectivity ensure we identify the right ones that align with your goals.
Leveraging our global resources and local insights, we are constantly assessing the most effective ways to offer you high-conviction investment opportunities across real estate and private markets.3
Real Estate
Real estate investing has long been our hallmark. We offer expertise across private and public equity and debt. This 360° view allows us to deliver a broad range of diverse, customized real estate solutions designed to help meet your risk and return objectives.
Private Infrastructure
Our experienced private infrastructure team can help investors allocate capital and build a globally diversified portfolio across both core and core-plus asset opportunities, spanning energy, power, digital, transport and social infrastructure.
Investment Grade Private Credit
We provide flexible financing and bespoke solutions for investors, aiming to maximize risk-adjusted returns by focusing on the relative value opportunities while diversifying across the investment grade private credit universe.
Alternative Credit Direct Lending
We offer tailored solutions to sponsor-backed and non-sponsored lower and core middle-market companies. We provide investment opportunities targeting borrowers with $5m-$50m EBITDA, with the aim of delivering attractive risk-adjusted returns.
1 Managers ranked by total worldwide real estate assets (net of leverage, including contributions committed or received, but not yet invested; REOCs are included with equity; REIT securities are excluded), as of 30 June 2024. “The Largest Real Estate Investment Managers,” Pensions & Investments, 7 October 2024.
2 Principal Real Estate Investors became registered with the SEC in November 1999. Activities noted prior to this date were conducted beginning with the real estate investment management area of Principal Life Insurance Company and later Principal Capital Real Estate Investors, LLC, the predecessor firm to Principal Real Estate Investors.
3 As of 31 March 2025.
Past performance does not guarantee future results.
Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. Asset allocation and diversification do not ensure a profit or protect against a loss.
Real estate investment options are subject to risks associated with credit, liquidity, interest rate fluctuation, adverse general and local economic conditions, and decreases in real estate values and occupancy rates.
Fixed-income investment options that invest in mortgage securities, such as commercial mortgage-backed securities, are subject to increased risk due to real estate exposure and carry greater risk compared to other securities in times of market stress.
Private credit involves an investment in non-publicly traded securities which are subject to illiquidity risk. Portfolios that invest in private credit may be leveraged and may engage in speculative investment practices that increase the risk of investment loss. Fixed‐income investment options are subject to interest rate risk, and their value will decline as interest rates rise.
Principal Real Estate is a trade name of Principal Real Estate Investors, LLC, an affiliate of Principal Global Investors.
Principal Alternative Credit is an investment team within Principal Global Investors.
Principal Asset Management℠ is a trade name of Principal Global Investors, LLC.
Principal Funds, Inc. is distributed by Principal Funds Distributor, Inc.