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M7 Real Estate sells retail portfolio to FIM Group for €86.4 million
M7 Real Estate (M7), the pan-European investor and asset manager, announces the off-market sale, on behalf of M7 ISLAY (the “Fund”), of a portfolio of 27 retail properties in Germany, to the FIM Unternehmensgruppe (“FIM Group”) for €86.4 million.
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Welcome to a new high yield universe
The prevalence of ‘fallen angels’ has changed the composition of the European HY market. So how might we go about navigating it?
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KGAL buys €250m Perlach Plaza development in Munich from CONCRETE Capital/BHB
The acquisition was made on behalf of a KGAL-managed AIF and is a club deal with three institutional investors. The sellers are the project‘s developers, CONCRETE Capital and BHB Bauträger GmbH Bayern. The €250m euro development is located on the east side of Munich and comprises around 30,000 square meters of hotel, retail, student living space plus more than 100 private rental apartments.
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2020-Q1 Brazil Market Commentary
The stars were seemingly aligned for Brazil’s economy entering 2020, but the outbreak of COVID-19 changed that in a matter of weeks. While the full impact has yet to be realized as Brazil’s outbreak began later than other countries and is currently still expanding, it is already clear that Latin America’s largest economy will see a sharp slowdown in growth during 2020 and unprecedent levels of unemployment.
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M7 acquires Polish office in Maiden investment for M7 CEREF II
M7 Real Estate (“M7”), the pan European investor and asset manager, has undertaken its first acquisition on behalf of M7 CEREF II (the “Fund”), its value-add opportunities fund focused on offices and logistics / industrial properties in key Central European markets, including Poland, Hungary, Croatia and Czech Republic.
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Q&A: Germany set to shine spotlight on supply chains
The country is poised to increase scrutiny on human rights and eco standards within business. As investors, the investigation of environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks form an essential component of our bottom-up investment analysis
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Implications of the global debt explosion
Global debt was at an unprecedented level before Covid-19. With the subsequent policy response injecting liquidity into most parts of the world economy, the debt predicament is set for a worse path. We explore the implications for sovereigns, financials and corporates, particularly from the perspective of credit investors.
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Pandemic poised to accelerate underlying trends
We now have a two-speed economy, and much talk about a disconnect between stock market and economy. But this won’t change our research and stock picking focus
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KGAL secures €100 million in infrastructure refinancing to enhance long-term return potential
Favourable market conditions create opportunities to optimise financing for 16 wind farms
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GLP Completes Acquisition of Central and Eastern Europe Logistics Real Estate Portfolio
Gazeley today announces that it is adopting the GLP brand name following its acquisition by the global investment manager in 2017. In addition, GLP announces that it has closed on the acquisition of Goodman Group’s Central and Eastern Europe logistics real estate portfolio.
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M7 Completes Major Asset Management Milestone Across Danske Bank Portfolio In Denmark
M7 Real Estate (“M7”), the pan European investor and asset manager announces that it has agreed 26 lease re-gears with Danske Bank throughout Denmark.
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Prosperity and preservation: the aim of active ownership
The exogeneous shock of the coronavirus pandemic has confirmed the importance of sustainability. We have absolute conviction that we must continue to act as owners of companies and help shape the narrative of the role of sustainability in a post-coronavirus world.
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KGAL enters the Polish renewables market with a photovoltaics joint venture and the purchase of two wind farms
Leading independent investment and asset manager KGAL continues its systematic expansion in the renewable energy sector by investing in the growth market of Poland for the first time. A joint venture relating to the implementation of photovoltaics projects was established with a local partner in November 2019; while two wind farms have been successfully purchased, expanding KGAL’s presence in the onshore wind sector.
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Responsible Investment Quarterly - Q1 2020
Back in 1964 the German writer and historian Leopold Schwarzschild posed the question “What price freedom?” in an analysis of what is required from society in support of a more socialist political agenda. At the heart of the article, Schwarzschild remarked in particular the extent to which individual civil liberties must necessarily be brought into conflict with delivery of the wider interest. The question left hanging was, how much of a discrepancy in expectations and policy might society be willing to bear under the circumstances?
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Barings Extends European Logistics Portfolio With €92 Million Swedish Acquistion
Barings, one of the world’s largest diversified real estate investment managers, announces that it has acquired four logistics assets in Norrköping, Sweden, one of the Nordics’ most important logistics hubs, on behalf of institutional investors, for c. €92 million through a sale and lease back agreement.
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Federated Hermes marks World Environment Day
Over the past year, there has been a notable shift in awareness of two environmental challenges: the burgeoning climate emergency, and our troubled relationship with nature and biodiversity. The wide-reaching impact of the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the urgent need to prepare and protect against future global threats, and it is imperative that policymakers, companies and individuals take heed and come together to tackle both the climate crisis and our exploitation of the critical ecosystem ‘services’ we rely so heavily on.
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M7 Real Estate Expands Into Spain And Appoints Alvaro Arteaga Biforcos As Managing Director
M7 Real Estate (“M7”), the pan-European investor and asset manager which specialises in the regional multi-let real estate market, announces that it has expanded into Spain, opening its first office in Madrid and appointing Alvaro Arteaga Biforcos as Managing Director, Spain. The opening expands M7’s network to 16 offices operating across 14 countries in Europe.
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Global Sustainable Outcomes - News & Views Q1 2020
This quarter has marked the end of the longest bull market in history after a decade-long recovery since the global financial crisis. Entering 2020, nobody would have predicted the “black swan” event that was to come, providing a lethal shot to both the financial markets and global economies.
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Investment grade: how cheap are credit spreads?
Between the middle of February and late March there was one of the most severe periods of poor performance from risk markets in general, and from investment grade credit in particular. This was in response to the Covid-19 crisis and was marked by both the speed and extent of the spread widening
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European equities – the best option for resilient income
With bond markets offering little in the way of income, the continent’s highest quality equities offer an attractive and defensive yield