All Europe articles – Page 4
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White papersEuropean Securitisation reforms: Strategic investment insights for insurers
Securitisation is making a strategic comeback in Europe. On 29 October 2025, the European Commission published a Delegated Regulation amending Solvency II, significantly lowering the standard formula Spread SCR for securitisation investments.
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White papersGetting active: The next chapter in European ETFs
Research with European institutions and wealth managers shows how active ETFs are gaining traction, where demand is strongest and which barriers still limit broader adoption.
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White papersEuropean Private Loans: A Deep, Diversified, Quality Asset Class
European private loans provide investors with an opportunity to finance market-leading companies at the core of Europe’s economy.
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Asset Manager NewsEdmond de Rothschild Real Estate Investment Management makes first UK acquisition with purchase of a hotel in Stafford
Edmond de Rothschild Real Estate Investment Management has acquired a hotel in Stafford in the United Kingdom, on behalf of one of its retail strategies.
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White papersEU Green Bond Standard: insights from early adopters
The introduction of the EU Green Bond Standard in December 2024 marks a pivotal step in Europe’s sustainable finance landscape, aiming to create a common language for what counts as ‘green’ and to combat greenwashing. But how is this new standard faring in practice? What have early issuers and investors learned? And what should professional investors consider as the market takes shape?
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White papersOperational Real Estate in Europe: Sectoral Insights & Market Focus
In our first paper on Operational Real Estate (OpRE), we summarised the necessary skills that investors require in order to effectively manage OpRE investments. We concluded that a blend of real estate expertise and traditional private equity knowledge was required to select and acquire OpRE assets.
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Asset Manager NewsPrague to welcome IHG’s InterContinental brand in historic old town
Set to open in 2029, this latest signing in the Czech Republic joins IHG’s growing European luxury and lifestyle offering. The new InterContinental Prague hotel will be hosted in a historic building part of the portfolio managed by Generali Real Estate.
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White papersSurging European real estate sentiment into 2026
Investor confidence in European real estate is strengthening, driven by easing financial conditions and improving fundamentals, setting the stage for renewed activity through 2026.
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White papers2026 European Outlook - Navigating The Winds of Change
With inflation now close to central banks’ target levels, financial markets are not expecting any further rate cuts in the Eurozone. Increasing levels of government debt, US trade policy uncertainty and remaining inflation concerns continue to weigh on the bond markets and limit the chances of government bond yields’ tightening.
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White papersLooking past the chaos: the time for European real estate debt
The global commercial real estate market has undergone a profound transformation since mid-2022. Rising interest rates and macroeconomic uncertainty have led to a significant repricing of real estate assets, with capital values correcting by approximately 20–25% across Europe, creating one of the most attractive entry points for real estate debt investment in over a decade.
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White papersLooking past the chaos: the time for European real estate debt
The global commercial real estate market has undergone a profound transformation since mid-2022, with rising interest rates and macroeconomic uncertainty driving a significant repricing of assets—capital values have corrected by approximately 20–25% across Europe, creating one of the most attractive entry points for real estate debt investment in over a decade.
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White papersThe Quality Quandary in European Equities
How can investors in high-quality companies overcome this year’s performance headwinds?
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White papersSelectivity drives outperformance in Europe
The analysis emphasizes that in the current European real-estate climate, careful asset selection and opportunistic positioning are key — outperformers are likely to emerge not by broad market exposure, but through selective, disciplined investment strategies.
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White papersMarket Outlook - Fixed income: Monetary policy should bolster markets
Fixed income markets should benefit from continued central bank easing in 2026. We expect lower interest rates in the US as policymakers respond to weaker labour market trends, and lower rates in Europe because of further declines in inflation.
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White papersEuropean strategic autonomy: A long-term investment opportunity
Europe is deepening its quest for strategic autonomy. What began as a post-pandemic policy slogan has evolved into a financial reality, with tangible investment implications – Europe now allocates billions annually to defence, industrial resilience, and key technology sectors.
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White papersEuropean equities - European strategic autonomy: A long-term investment opportunity
Europe is deepening its quest for strategic autonomy. What began as a post-pandemic policy slogan has evolved into a financial reality, with tangible investment implications – Europe now allocates billions annually to defence, industrial resilience, and key technology sectors.
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White papersModern Logistics In Europe: A Timely Opportunity For Institutional Capital
As the new European real estate cycle takes shape, we continue to see logistics as one of the more attractive investment propositions, underpinned by three pillars:
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White papersLogistics real estate in Europe on a growth trajectory
Demand for modern logistics properties in Europe remains high, and matters such as location quality, energy efficiency, automation and flexible use are continuously gaining in importance. Germany in particular plays a key role in this framework – as Europe’s largest logistics market and as a hub for international supply chains. Swiss Life Asset Managers, with a Europe-wide logistics strategy, is amongst those actively shaping this change.
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White papersBack on the block: Real estate debt returning to favour
The commercial real estate (CRE) landscape has profoundly transformed since mid-2022, creating compelling investment opportunities for institutional investors. Rising interest rates and macroeconomic uncertainty have driven capital values down by approximately 20-25% across Europe and other developed markets, according to the CBRE Prime Capital Value Index. The current environment presents factors that make real estate debt particularly compelling: attractive entry valuations, conservative lending structures and meaningful portfolio diversification benefits.
