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White papersRe-imagining value-add real estate: How energy is reshaping European logistics
The energy transition is creating a growing convergence between infrastructure and real estate investing. While infrastructure investment focuses on expanding and decarbonising energy supply, improving the efficiency of existing buildings addresses the other side of the equation by reducing demand. As energy costs rise and power becomes increasingly constrained, reducing energy demand is creating a new source of value within real estate.
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White papersBGO 2025-2026 Sustainable Investing Report
Energy is rapidly emerging as one of the central constraints and opportunities in the modern economy
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Asset Manager NewsAchmea Healthcare Property Fund once again named the most sustainable in the world
The Achmea Dutch Health Care Property Fund (ADHCPF), managed by Achmea Real Estate, has once again been recognized as the most sustainable healthcare real estate fund in the world. In the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), the fund ranked first in its international peer group of comparable healthcare real estate funds for the eighth time since 2016.
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Asset Manager NewsL&G and NTR’s clean power transition fund reaches €330m first close
NTR’s fourth and L&G and NTR’s second joint strategy secures cornerstone commitments from four returning investors
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Asset Manager NewsSosteneo Fund II completes first external close
Close combines renewed support from existing investors with new institutional relationships
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Asset Manager NewsActis adds 244MW / 1,141MWh battery storage portfolio to Polish platform within three months of launch
Actis, a leading growth market investor in sustainable infrastructure, today announced it is acquiring two battery energy storage system (BESS) projects as it rapidly scales its recently launched Polish renewable energy platform.
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Asset Manager NewsCoöperatie VGZ commits €25 Million to Van Lanschot Kempen’s SDG Farmland Fund
Coöperatie VGZ has made an initial commitment of €25 million to Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management’s Farmland Fund. With this investment, VGZ has chosen a globally diversified farmland strategy that combines regenerative agriculture with portfolio diversification and long-term value creation. The commitment represents VGZ’s inaugural investment into regenerative agriculture as part of its mission to promote biodiversity and healthy food.
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White papersStrong broad-based results!
Following on from previous years, UBS Asset Management’s Global Real Assets (GRA) sustainability efforts continue to be recognized with strong results in the 2026 GRESB Real Estate and Infrastructure Assessments.
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Asset Manager NewsActis launches fourth Indian renewables platform, Leo Energies, targeting 3GW+ capacity
Actis, a leading growth market investor in sustainable infrastructure, today announced the launch of Leo Energies, its next-generation renewable energy business in India. The platform, which will target a portfolio of over 3GW of onshore wind, solar and battery storage assets, represents the fourth iteration of Actis’ demonstrated buy-and-build strategy in the Indian renewables market – a strategy that has previously delivered Ostro Energy, Sprng Energy and which continues to scale current platform BluPine Energy, which has already surpassed 3GW of capacity since its launch in 2022.
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White papersKeynote Interview: Realising the potential of core-plus platforms
Europe’s lower mid-market provides fertile ground for building scalable, institutional-quality platforms, say Infranity’s Jaime Hector and Verena Rathgeber
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Asset Manager NewsSosteneo signs agreement to acquire a wind repowering portfolio in Germany
The transaction marks its entry into the German market and Fund II’s inaugural investment
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White papersPowering a more sustainable future: How renewables can advance the UN SDGs
We are pleased to share with you our Powering a more sustainable future: How renewables can advance the UN SDGs report. The report focuses on IFM’s infrastructure investments in the renewables and renewable natural gas (RNG) sectors and the role these companies play in contributing to certain United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Research ReportESG Annual Report 2026
Welcome to our eighth annual Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, covering the 12-month period to March 2026.
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White papersEurope’s Electrification Action Plan is a Call to Private Capital
The European Commission’s new Electrification Action Plan is more than another climate policy. It is a long-term investment roadmap that gives private capital greater confidence to finance Europe’s next generation of clean energy and electrification enabling infrastructure.
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White papersFarmland beyond the narrative - PREA article: Resilience, risks, and repositioning across market cycles
Since the early 1990s, US farmland has established itself as a durable and stable component of real asset portfolios, demonstrating resilience through multiple macroeconomic shocks. Its long-term appeal is rooted in capital preservation, relatively steady returns, and reliable cash flows, supported by essential-goods demand, constrained supply, and strong linkages to inflation.
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White papersWhen summer becomes the stress test
This year, the signal arrived early. Across Europe, extreme heat and dry conditions accelerated crop development, bringing harvest activity forward in several regions and increasing concerns around water stress. Summer had arrived early in the farming calendar¹.
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Asset Manager NewsDeA Capital Real Estate: new €280 million financing agreement for the fund with Fort Partners which will bring Four Seasons Hotel to Rome
Rome, Milan, 20 July 2026. DeA Capital Real Estate announces the completion of the refinancing transaction for Millennium Luxury Fund, the real estate Alternative Investment Fund subscribed by Fort Partners which is its main investor.
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Asset Manager NewsAchmea Real Estate purchases over 500 homes on behalf of PME Pensioenfonds as part of the SoZa project in The Hague
On behalf of PME Pensioenfonds, Achmea Real Estate has purchased 517 homes and approximately 1,580 m² of commercial and community space in the SoZa project in The Hague from property developer and builder VORM. The homes are part of the redevelopment of the former Ministry of Social Affairs site on Anna van Hannoverstraat. A new urban district will be built there, comprising nearly 1,200 homes, offices and amenities.
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Asset Manager NewsMGEN Inaugurates MTerra Solar Phase 1
Nueva Ecija, Philippines, 14 July 2026: Meralco PowerGen Corporation (MGEN), together with its partners, today inaugurated MTerra Solar Phase 1, marking the completion of the first phase of what is set to become one of the world’s largest integrated solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery energy storage systems (BESS).
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Asset Manager NewsActis acquires Klara Renewables from CVC DIF and launches a new renewable energy platform in Poland
Actis, a leading growth market investor in sustainable infrastructure, today announced that it will acquire Klara Renewables, a 171MW operating onshore wind portfolio with approximately 275MW of hybridisation potential through co-located solar PV and BESS projects, from CVC DIF. This acquisition forms the seed asset and marks the launch of Actis’ second renewable energy platform in Central & Eastern Europe. The platform aims to have up to 1.5GW in energy capacity, comprising onshore wind, solar PV, and BESS.
