All Europe articles – Page 59
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French Pension Reform (An Update)
At the time we were writing the Thematic Paper entitled “French Pension Reform: A Trojan Horse for Better Control of the State Budget?”1, the financial sustainability of the French pension system looked certain. Since then, the government has set a new savings goal, with the aim of achieving financial equilibrium by 2025, and in doing so has prematurely ejected from its Trojan horse… This adds a whole new challenge to an already high-risk reform.
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Plus ça change? In 20 years of E-REGI index, much has changed but some things have remained remarkably consistent
Throughout the 20-year history of LaSalle’s European Regional Economic Growth Index (E-REGI), many new drivers of real estate demand have emerged, from flexible working patterns to energy conservation and sustainability. However, across the two decades in which we have scored and ranked each European city region through the index, a number of themes have remained constant.
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The ECB And The EU Banking Sector: Some Relief, With Winners And Losers
The new two-tier deposit-reserving scheme: With this measure the European banking sector could save up to c. €4 billion in annual interest costs (based on avoiding the -50bps deposit rate). However, while a large number in absolute terms, this only accounts for c. 2% of earnings on average for the main banks in the sector and therefore has little impact on overall Returns on Equity and profitability metrics.
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Capitalising on Dublin’s docklands boom
Home to tech giants, business and finance multinationals and a host of retail and cultural attractions, Dublin’s Docklands is a thriving international hub of commerce and leisure.
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European Real Estate Equity: Uncovering Value City by City
Amid an uncertain macroeconomic backdrop, attractive value can still be found within European real estate—but it is important to consider sector and geography, and to partner with an active manager who has the flexibility to invest across different strategies and styles.
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European Real Estate: Late-Cycle Value from Manchester to Munich
Can value still be found (or created) ten years into the European property market cycle? And if so, which sectors, geographies and risk profiles look most compelling? Barings’ Charles Weeks weighs in.
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PATRIZIA acquires residential development in Danish city of Aarhus
PATRIZIA AG, the global partner for pan-European real estate investment announces that together with Universal-Investment it has agreed to forward purchase the development of a 136-unit residential development project in Aarhus, Denmark, on behalf of Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK), Germany’s largest public pension group. The asset has been acquired in an off-market transaction from a consortium of private investors.
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The Power of Emotions: Responsible Investment as a Motivator for Generation DC
Study of attitudes to pensions and responsible investment.
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View on Italy: beyond the short term
The end of the political crisis and next steps for the new government: The new pro-European government looks to be willing to move in a different direction vs the previous one, with an agenda focused on green and socially inclusive policies. It is difficult to project how long this new coalition will last, but it will certainly have to address the next budget law. We expect to see some expansionary measures (lower labour costs plus investment spending), but without putting public finances at risk. However, the available room for manoeuvre is narrow.
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Real Estate Outlook Eurozone – Edition 2H19 - Retail concerns growing across the eurozone.
Interest rate environment boosts the outlook for returns
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Britain’s Most Likely Destination
It Won’t Become Some Sort of Hermit Kingdom in the North Sea.
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Factor Investing In European Offices Smart - Smart Beta Compared To Traditional Styles Q2 2019
In this report, we apply our new factor investing approach to close to 40 European office markets for the first time. This framework quantifies factors such as Volatility, Liquidity, Quality, Value, Yield and Growth. A comparison of our factor investing results to the traditional “core” and “value-add” investment styles is also provided.
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Peripheral Property Perspectives - Insights From A Cross-Asset Comparison
Most cross-asset institutional investors are organised across three main departments: fixed income (or credit), equities and alternatives. Commercial real estate is typically represented in all three departments. Despite having different terminology and perspectives, investors increasingly look across departments to benefit from each other’s views on fundamental trends in the underlying credit, equity, collateral and property markets.
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PATRIZIA acquires 61,000 sq m logistics warehouse near Saint-Étienne
PATRIZIA AG, the global partner for pan-European real estate investment, announces the acquisition of a newly built major logistics warehouse in Andrézieux-Bouthéon, 15 km north of Saint-Étienne, France, on behalf of one of its Pan-European logistics funds from Goodman France, the global owner, developer and manager of modern, high quality industrial and business space.
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European high streets brace themselves for change
Hardly a day goes by without at least one negative headline bemoaning the impact of disruption in retail markets on high streets and shopping centres. While this is true in the US and the UK, Chris Urwin examines whether European high streets will face a similar threat.
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How long will you live and what does it mean for your investments?
Latest life expectancy data shows that your money will need to last a lot longer than you might be thinking.
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European Smaller Companies: An Evergreen Growth Opportunity
In this Q&A, Nick Williams, Barings’ Head of Small Cap Equities, discusses the opportunities his team is seeing in the current environment, and explains why an active approach, combined with rigorous, bottom-up stock selection, is key to identifying high-quality companies.
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Initial repercussions of U.K.'s new prime minister
In the first week that Boris Johnson became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the Pound Sterling fell by 3.0% against the U.S. Dollar and the odds of a messy no-deal Brexit rose sharply.
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Distressed Debt: How This Cycle May Be Different
Barings’ Stuart Mathieson and Bryan High discuss the outlook and competitive landscape for distressed debt and consider the implications of the significant growth in private credit and European high yield since the last cycle.