Trade Associations for Infra, Private Credit and Real Estate Funds

What are the trade associations for infrastructure, private credit and real estate funds? Nine associations, across three asset classes. Every one was checked against its own website on a stated date, and the ones that could not be confirmed are named as such rather than quietly dropped.

Private capital is no longer a synonym for venture and buyout. Membership routes are not always what they look like — the principal private credit body is joined by taking membership of its parent, not directly — and four of the real estate bodies run a signed alliance reconciling European, Asia-Pacific and North American reporting standards.

This list is part of The Global Directory of Private Capital Associations, a free reference work covering one hundred eight bodies worldwide — every association, in every region, on one page.

The associations

Is there a trade association for infrastructure investors?

Yes — Global Infrastructure Investor Association (GIIA) in London, founded 2016. It covers infrastructure.

Is there a trade association for private credit and alternative-credit funds?

Yes — three:

• Alternative Credit Council (ACC), London, founded 2014 — private credit and direct lending.
• Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA), New York, founded 1995 — corporate loans — origination, syndication and trading.
• The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), London, founded 1990 (as the European Managed Futures Association; renamed AIMA in 1997) — alternative investment management — hedge funds, private credit and the wider alternatives industry.

Is there a trade association for non-listed and institutional real estate funds?

Yes — five:

• AFIRE — Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE), founded 1988 — institutional investment into US commercial real estate.
• ANREV — Asian Association for Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate Vehicles (ANREV) — non-listed real estate vehicles.
• INREV — European Association for Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate Vehicles (INREV), Amsterdam, founded 2002 — non-listed real estate vehicles.
• National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF), Chicago, founded 1982 — institutional commercial real estate — performance measurement and benchmarking.
• Pension Real Estate Association (PREA), Hartford, Connecticut, founded 1979 — institutional real estate investment.

What the directory adds

The answers above tell you an association exists and roughly what it covers. They do not tell you whether it is worth your time. The directory records, for each of the one hundred eight bodies it covers, the legal form, the membership base, whether it publishes market data, what it convenes, whether members are listed publicly, and who may join — including whether firms based outside the jurisdiction are eligible. Every entry carries the date it was checked.

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The same question, elsewhere

• Europe
• United States and Canada — national bodies
• US states, Canadian provinces and regions
• Asia-Pacific
• Latin America
• Africa
• Middle East, Türkiye and Eurasia

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