All Europe articles – Page 10
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Household loans – Offering predictable performance, even in tough times
As growth in developed economies slows and higher central bank rates start to bite, investors looking for portfolio diversification and attractive returns could consider a relatively little-known, but high-quality asset class: Household loans. Tonko Gast explains.
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T(r)ough Times: Have European Property Yields Peaked?
With inflation on the way down, we are likely past peak interest rate anxiety and hopefully close to the trough of the European property market cycle. The Barings Real Estate team discusses what this means for opportunities in real estate.
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How renewable energy investments can help manage the risks facing DC members
2022 highlighted several risks for defined contribution pensions (DC), many of which could have been addressed by renewable energy investments. We explain how.
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Defining sustainable investments in European leveraged finance and CLOs: Part 2
There is a diversity of ESG ratings and scores across the leveraged finance markets, as well as multiple providers. To the consternation of some investors, this is not a regulated activity, and one firm’s methodology can vary from another’s as much as the objectives that it may have set.
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Infranity acquires a stake in the Groupe IEL, a producer of wind and photovoltaic energy in Western France.
Infranity, a major investor in renewable energies in Europe, announces the signing of a partnership with equity participation in Groupe IEL, Initiatives et Energies Locales, specialized in wind and solar photovoltaics’ assets. Infranity is delighted to be able to actively participate in the growth of the group and in the financing of the deployment of its portfolio of renewable energy generation assets.
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Is ‘Keeping Calm and Carrying On’ Enough to Fuel Growth within European Private Equity?
We suspect that is not quite how you expected us to describe the European investing environment in late 2022, but the economy has managed the shocks unleashed by both the pandemic and Russia’s aggression against Ukraine remarkably well.
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Mid-Year Update – Getting the yield curve wrong
Many investors have been puzzled for most of this year by an inverted US yield curve, which along with economist forecasts and CEO surveys signals an impending recession. At the same time, the performance of risk assets suggests a much brighter outlook. Which is right and which is wrong?
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M7 sells IN Guarda Retail Park in Portugal to CA Património Crescente Fund
M7 Real Estate, the pan-European investor and asset manager specialised in multi-tenanted properties, has agreed the sale of IN Guarda Retail Park to CA Património Crescente Fund, managed by Square Asset Management, the largest independent Real Estate Fund Manager in Portugal.
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Præmia Healthcare (formerly Icade Santé): 2023 HALF YEAR RESULTS
The Præmia Healthcare Group’s financial statements as June 30, 2023 reflect a solid business performance and a high level of protection against interest rate risk through fixed rate or hedged debt.
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Fixed Income Outlook – Shifting narratives
Market narratives have been shifting rapidly. We have gone from speculation that rate hikes by US Federal Reserve had begun to ‘break’ the financial system, to imminent recession and imminent rate cuts, to a resilient US economy, to weak domestic demand and deflation in China, and slumping growth in the eurozone amid continued central bank policy tightening.
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European Real Estate markets – seeking a new equilibrium
The extraordinarily low-interest rate environment that saw markets expand in the wake of the global financial crisis (GFC) is a remarkable anomaly.
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Green Energy Fund KGAL ESPF 4 completes investment phase with EUR 1.3 billion. Successor ESPF 5 increases return forecast.
Independent investment and asset manager KGAL has invested a total of EUR 1.3 billion – of which EUR 750 million is equity – for its KGAL ESPF 4 fund.
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Infranity provides substantial financing to support growth of leading German renewable energy developer MaxSolar
Infranity, one of the largest infrastructure debt investment specialists in Europe and part of Generali Investments, is delighted to have participated in a leading role together with a small club of institutional investors in the financing of €410m to support the expansion of MaxSolar, a leading German renewable energy developer and EPC service provider for solar PV systems.
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Real estate debt lending - global whole loan market opportunity
Whole Loans, an established strategy in the US and increasingly adopted in Europe, offer attractive risk-adjusted returns to investors with appetite for slightly higher Loan-to-Value (LTV) ratios relative to senior lending.
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Panel discussion - Investing in life sciences: venture capital global trends and forecasts
Theme 1: Life sciences venture capital funding picture:
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Forging sustainable investments in European leveraged finance and CLOs: Part 1
In the past two years, the proportion of European assets under management with an ESG overlay (as measured by funds that are categorised as Article 8 and 9 under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, or SFDR) has risen to nearly 60%.
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Appraising Swiss bonds: what does price tell us?
Unlike equity prices, bond prices usually depend on elements beyond the fundamental valuation of the underlying entity. In fact, the price on its own typically says little.
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Locating the sweet spot in direct lending
On top of a compelling return, the northern European lower mid-market senior secured segment offers less downside risk and one of the best legal environments to negotiate any restructurings.
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Navigating rising distress levels in leveraged loans
A direct lending strategy focused on the northern European senior secured segment offers one of the best protected high yielding opportunities at the present time, says Laura Vaughan, Head of Direct Lending.
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Financing the energy transition - Thought Leadership
Energy security and climate change are driving an unparalleled economic shift in the energy sector worldwide, and reshaping the investment landscape for green energy credit.