Term Sheet: Brookfield’s €1.9bn office refinancing drive, Cheyne’s £7.5bn fundraising ambitions, the talk at PERE America

Mega-manager Brookfield defies office market woe with €1.9 billion of refinancings in the past two weeks; Cheyne Capital’s lending ambitions grow with £7.5 billion (€8.6 billion) of fundraising plans; delegates at affiliate PERE’s New York event put debt at the heart of the conversation; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.