All Asset Allocation articles – Page 3
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White papersPowering Europe Energy Security
In an era of heightened geopolitical tension, delivering flexible energy systems is now the most credible path to sovereignty, explains Sosteneo’s Federica Gallina
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White papersUK Real Estate: Talking Points April 2026
Welcome to Columbia Threadneedle Investments’ concise quarterly snapshot of current real estate market trends, using transparent market data to summarise key implications for asset allocation and performance prospects.
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Asset Manager NewsCharter Hall partners with Mitsubishi Estate Asia to develop 40,000sqm state-of-the-art industrial & logistics facility in Melbourne’s core inner-west
Charter Hall Group (Charter Hall or the Group) is pleased to announce that it has established a joint venture (JV) partnership between its $14 billion flagship industrial & logistics fund, CPIF, and Mitsubishi Estate Asia (MEA), investing through its affiliated entity, MEC Oceania Investment Pty Ltd.
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Asset Manager NewsCPIF welcomes Amazon as major tenant customer at Flagstone Logistics Estate in Brisbane
Charter Hall Prime Industrial Fund (CPIF), together with the Charter Hall Group are pleased to announce that it has partnered with Amazon within its Flagstone Logistics Estate (Flagstone or the Estate), joining Bunnings and DATS as a major tenant customer at the premium industrial & logistics estate in North Maclean, Queensland.
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Podcast2026: A Mega-Cap IPO Odyssey? SpaceX, OpenAI, and What’s Next in the Private-to-Public Pipeline
For years, some of the most consequential companies in technology have stayed private far longer than historical norms — growing to public-company scale without ever listing a share.
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Asset Manager Newsa.s.r. brings together real estate and infrastructure activities under a single platform named a.s.r. real assets
As of 21 April, a.s.r.’s real estate and infrastructure activities will continue under the name a.s.r. real assets. This umbrella name brings together the various activities in the fields of real estate, infrastructure and development, and reflects the broadening and diversity of the platform. The use of the new name has no consequences for stakeholders.
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White papersWhere real estate meets infrastructure: The evolution of data center investing
Discover our examination of how data centers have evolved from a niche real estate sector into a critical, infrastructure‑like asset class, driven by cloud computing, AI, and global digitalization. Our analysis highlights the structural demand tailwinds, power and supply constraints, and investment implications shaping data center markets today.
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Asset Manager NewsBlueberry acquisition strengthens permanent crop platform
The Kempen SDG Farmland Fund has taken another deliberate step in developing a long term platform built around productive farmland and high quality crops. The acquisition of the Pan American and Othello blueberry farms in the Pacific Northwest adds depth to the portfolio and strengthens the Fund’s position in a region known for reliable fruit production and strong local expertise. Together, the farms cover about 312 planted hectares and 405 hectares in total across Oregon and Washington.
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VideoBalancing debt and equity allocations in institutional real estate investment
One of the most frequently asked questions by real estate investors worldwide is how to allocate capital between debt and equity investments. In this comprehensive presentation, Dave White addresses this critical question…
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White papersNew real estate cycle: Why opportunities are opening up again for institutional investors
Interview with Wolfgang Kessler and Michael Kammerzell from Union Investment Institutional Property GmbH
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White papersReal estate credit’s consistency shines in a turbulent market
Why real asset lending is built for today’s environment
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White papersReal Estate Outlook – Switzerland, Edition 1H26
The year 2025 was marked by a high degree of economic policy uncertainty, as the US import tariffs placed a noticeable burden on export‑oriented economies such as Switzerland. With the start of 2026, geopolitical risks have come to the forefront. The conflict in the Middle East has driven commodity markets into extreme volatility and has heightened concerns about stagflation. Europe is feeling these effects very acutely, which is dampening the expected economic recovery.
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White papersThe shift in how the world sees farmland: An asset that sits between categories
Investment categories tend to last longer than the conditions that created them. Real estate, infrastructure and private markets were shaped in a period when natural systems felt predictable and globalisation appeared steady. Those assumptions carried portfolios for decades.
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WebinarC-PACE in focus: Market dynamics & investment trends
The rate environment is shifting, private credit headlines are swirling, and opportunistic investors are quietly repositioning — so where does that leave real estate lending? Nuveen Green Capital’s CEO and CIO sits down for a candid conversation about what the data is actually signaling and how C-PACE financing is emerging as a surprisingly versatile tool in today’s market. watch the replay of this webinar and see how it all comes together through a live transaction walkthrough.
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White papersISA Briefing: Dissecting macro memes
Since the end of February, all eyes have been on events in the Persian Gulf. (LaSalle’s latest views on the potential economic and real estate impacts are conveyed in our ISA Quick Take, published March 25th, “The Iran war, four weeks on”.)
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White papersHolding Onto Assets Is Now an Opportunity Cost
In a recent interview with IPE Real Assets, Nick Pink argues that investors who keep waiting for better conditions risk missing strong current opportunities in European real estate, where high quality assets are still achieving solid pricing and the cost of delaying could lead to lost value and diminished returns.
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VideoInvestor takeaways from today’s volatile and rapidly shifting private markets environment
Private Markets 700 research shows that institutional investor return expectations are increasing, regulation, geopolitics, and megatrends are reshaping infrastructure allocations and value add infrastructure opportunities are growing, as infrastructure appetite trends upwards.
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White papersWhy 2026 is a pivotal moment for U.S. self-storage investment
After years of correction and normalization, the U.S. self-storage sector is showing all the hallmarks of an early-cycle recovery. Supply is at its tightest in over a decade, property values have stabilized following a significant repricing period, and a recovering housing market could unlock a new wave of demand.
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Asset Manager NewsAvailable now | Redevco’s research paper on Funding Europe’s Green Transition
Around €100 billion of European office assets sit in EPC D/E categories requiring reinvestment by 2030, Upgrading to EPC B could require approximately €10 billion, or €2.5 billion annually through 2030, Retrofit spending represents an estimated 10–20% of annual office lending volumes
