All Europe articles – Page 47
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Green bonds alone won’t get us to Paris: we need firm-level action
A new paper by the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) argues that if we are to accelerate the decarbonisation of the economy, the focus needs to move from behaviour at the green-project level to that of individual companies.
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The Decisive Eye - A strategic bulletin on issues and opportunities in European real assets
The average smartphone puts more computing power in our pockets than was available to the Apollo XI moon landing only fifty years ago. The pace of change is astonishing and continues to accelerate.
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Is France still on track to reduce its competitiveness gap vs. Germany?
Germany clearly outperformed France on most macroeconomic metrics in the last two decades. Yet France has implemented many supply-side reforms since 2014. Despite the larger damage taken by France from the current Covid crisis, the lagged effect of these reforms can still help reduce the competitiveness gap with Germany after a few years. However, a key driver of medium-term relative performance will also be how both economies adapt to major “disruption”-related sectoral challenges.
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Decarbonisation set for a boost in the EU
The EU is stepping up its efforts to tackle global warming. A new tougher target to cut air pollution should enhance the economic incentive for companies to switch to more environmentally friendly ways of doing business.
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Deep decarbonization – Green hydrogen, net zero and the future of the EU ETS
Green hydrogen is set to be a key pillar of the EU’s sustainable development and emissions reduction plans. This has major implications for how carbon emissions are removed from the EU economy over the next 30 years and for how carbon pricing is used as a tool to achieve zero emissions, according to new research from BNP Paribas Asset Management.
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GLP Europe Raises €1.1 billion for First Close of GLP Europe Income Partners II
Fund seeded with 1.9 million sqm of prime European logistics real estate assets
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Eurovision: why the region’s banks seek dance partners
Economic, regulatory and technological forces are setting a drumbeat for mergers between European financial institutions – and, as Fiorino discovers, many banks are finding a mutually beneficial tempo.
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Deka Immobilien invests in Munich
Deka Immobilien has acquired two office buildings in the “Weißes Quartier” complex in Munich. The seller is InfraRed Capital Partners, London, together with Allgemeine Südboden, Munich. Building 1 is intended for the open-ended real estate fund WestInvest ImmoValue, which is aimed at institutional investors. Building 2 will be added to the portfolio of the institutional real estate fund Domus-Deutschland-Fonds Nr. 2. The parties agreed not to disclose the purchase price.
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Resilience and opportunity in European specialty
The longest economic expansion in modern history came to an abrupt end due to the COVID-19 pandemic, causing severe disruption to real estate markets.
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2020 versus 2008: What’s changed for European infrastructure debt?
Infrastructure debt is not immune to a severe economic downturn, but the global financial crisis has left the asset class stronger. We explain why.
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Green Bonds Growing In Europe
Green bonds have been growing in popularity as a way to combat the negative effects of climate change across the globe.
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Sustainability-linked bonds get the green light
The European Central Bank (ECB) announced its support for sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) this week. While it is early days for the sustainable-bond market, the statement demonstrates the central bank’s commitment to tackling the climate crisis and the role it can play in helping companies to decarbonise their activities.
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Real Estate House View - Switzerland
Residential market with stable first half 2020 performance investor uncertainty and lower population growth on the demand-side leading to lower rental levels in peripheral regions - tight market conditions within dense metropolitan city centres.
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Real Estate House View - Europe
Covid 19 lockdowns led cars being replaced wit cyclists traversing back streets from Bogota to Barcelona. Extensive pop-up bike lanes have appeared. The current reopening of economies offers society the opportunity to reimagine city transportation.
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IPUT signs Microsoft for 44,000 sq. ft. at No. 3 Dublin Landings
IPUT Real Estate (‘IPUT’), has let 44,000 sq. ft. at No. 3 Dublin Landings to Microsoft on a 10-year lease.
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ECB QE Monitor – September 2020
The ECB’s balance sheet is now equivalent to 54% of euro area GDP compared to 39% at the start of the year.
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Fibre broadband: The need for speed
Lockdown measures imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted the importance of digital connectivity. Tim Perry looks at the investment opportunities and challenges associated with European economies transitioning from copper to faster fibre broadband networks.
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Brexit Update
Brexit occurred on January 31, 2020, and we are now in the transition period until December 31. Therefore, rules and regulations in the UK are still aligned with those in the European Union, but the United Kingdom is no longer a member state, hence talk of the EU-27 rather than the EU-28.
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Living, working and playing on Hamburg’s waterfront
Hamburg’s HafenCity sets the tone for the European city of the 21st century, meeting challenges that make it a model for sustainable transformation.
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Markets scenarios & risks - September 2020
We marginally amend the narrative of our central and alternative scenario on the back of recent development. Recent data confirm a slower recovery path in line with our central scenario. We therefore increase the probability of our central scenario from 60% to 70% while reducing the likelihood of the upside alternative scenario from 20% to 10%.