All Europe articles – Page 62
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Swiss Life Asset Managers announces completion of its acquisition of a portfolio of core office assets in Paris CBD
On Tuesday 28 May, Swiss Life Asset Managers completed its acquisition of a portfolio of core office buildings in Paris Central Business District (CBD) from property company Terreïs. The deal includes a total of 28 buildings valued at EUR 1.7 billion. The assets have been acquired by real estate ...
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Self-sufficiency for pension schemes: Keep on running?
Boris Mikhailov and Matthew Graham look at the benefits and risks for pension schemes targeting self-sufficiency.
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Your Questions Answered by Hermes Direct Lending
What is direct lending? How did you position your strategy? These are just a couple of the most commonly-asked questions about direct lending by our clients and prospective clients.
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German Equities Present Opportunities to Combat Headwinds
In this Q&A, Rob Smith, Manager of the Barings German Growth strategy, shares his thoughts on how German equities are positioned to combat various headwinds, and which sectors the team expects future growth to come from.
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Generali Real Estate and Poste Vita joint venture debuts with Marienforum acquisition in Frankfurt
The recently completed acquisition of Marienforum, a prime office building in Frankurt am Main, is the first step of the joint venture that Generali Real Estate and Poste Vita announced in December, aimed at co-investing in the European real estate sector.
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Amplified: the social and economic story of Wellington Place
Intrinsic to our ability to generate positive impacts through RPI is the concept of meaningful place-making: urban places where people want to work and live, in which they take great civic pride, and which they want to support through social, economic, leisure and community-based activities.
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Adopting An LDI Approach Throughout The Investment Value Chain
The insurance business model is fundamentally based on underwriting and managing risks: insurance companies are contractually bound to meet specific obligations and as such structurally driven by liabilities.
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European Equities: What Impacts In The Event Of A Tariff War With The United States?
While the threat of a large-scale Sino-US tariff war appears to be receding, the US could now switch its focus to its trade deficits with the European Union. With this in mind, we wanted to find out which European equities, in terms of country, sector or individual companies, would be hardest hit by a trade conflict.
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Spain: Forming A Coalition Will Take Time, But The Picture Looks Benign For Investors
The outcome: The ruling Socialist Party of Pedro Sánchez came first, however without an absolute majority in Parliament. The new, far-right, VOX party also entered Parliament.
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Why Russia May be Set for an Explosion in E-commerce Growth
Historically a laggard in the e-commerce world, Russia is showing signs of life. But challenges remain.
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Liquidity Insights: Euro FX Responds to Brexit, U.S. Inflation
There are many factors that can influence FX exchange rates, including event risk and fundamental economic data. To manage such risk, traders have often turned to futures and options. Recent events around the world have caused dramatic moves in exchange rates, particularly for currencies impacted by the chaos of Brexit.
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European elections in an era of economic and political disruption
The stakes are high for elections to the European Parliament in May: they will test populist strength across the bloc at a time when economic momentum is weak. In this edition of Ahead of the Curve, we examine how this dynamic could steer the agenda in the weeks before the vote.
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European Debt Disputes Make An Unhappy Union
David Zahn, our European Fixed Income expert, considers how Italy’s debt may impact the state of the European Union and why we favor bonds from Italy and Spain.
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Italy: no short-term confrontation with the EU, but uncertainty in the mid-term.
In the new forecasts for the 2020 budget and beyond from the Italian government (from the latest economic blueprint, of 9 April: “The Stability and Growth Path, SGP”), its economic projections come much closer to consensus than previous ones, pointing to weaker GDP growth.
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Economic and Property Overview: Q1 2019
Economic growth was relatively buoyant at the start of the year, output grew by 0.5%mom in January and by 0.2%mom in February, offsetting the 0.4% contraction in output in the final month of 2018. However, much of this growth spurt was driven by temporary factors such as a pick-up in manufacturing activity from firms stockpiling goods to shield against a disruptive Brexit.
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IG Credit: Can the Rally Last?
BBB-rated credits led the first quarter recovery despite early signs of deterioration among fundamentals. With spreads significantly tighter this year, short duration credits may pose an attractive investment option.
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PATRIZIA acquires state-of-the-art Dutch logistics facility
PATRIZIA Immobilien AG, the global partner for pan-European real estate investment, has agreed to purchase a state-of-the-art, 57,000 sq m logistics property in Waalwijk in the south of the Netherlands. The acquisition was made on behalf of PATRIZIA Logistik-Invest Europa II from Magna Tyres Group in a sale and leaseback transaction. Delivery is expected in November 2019.
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PATRIZIA makes EUR 59m acquisition of German logistics portfolio
PATRIZIA Immobilien AG, the global partner for pan-European real estate investment, has acquired a portfolio of six logistics properties in Germany from Cromwell Property Group for EUR 59 million on behalf of its PATRIZIA Logistik-Invest Europa II fund (the ‘Fund’).
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PATRIZIA wins EUR 180 million fund management mandate in Italy
PATRIZIA Immobilien AG, the global partner for pan-European real estate investment, has secured a fund management mandate in Italy from Fondazione Cariverona – one of the most important Italian bank foundations and founder of UNICREDIT Bank. Verona Property is an Italian real estate fund with assets under management (AUM) of EUR 180 million. It will be managed on behalf of the institutional investor, Fondazione Cariverona, with the aim of unlocking value from the current assets and ultimately recycling capital to deliver a more diversified real estate portfolio.
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Building a meaningful city at Wellington Place, Leeds
As stewards of the assets we manage, it is incumbent on us to ensure we manage them in a way that is both ethical and likely to lead to long-term success for our investors. To those ends we continue to deepen our Responsible Property Investment (RPI) practice. Today, a new report documents the outcomes of our RPI approach in Wellington Place, Leeds.