All France articles – Page 4
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White papersAligning index-linked investing with the ‘Paris’ goals
More and more, investors in index-linked strategies are looking for portfolios of companies reducing their carbon footprint and avoiding companies with fossil fuel revenues or production. In accordance with EU aims for sustainable finance, strategies are now being adjusted to two new indices that are aligned with the ‘Paris’ goals. Isabelle Bourcier explains.*
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White papersCredit Risk Sensitivity To Carbon Price
In order to meet the objectives set by the Paris Climate Agreement, global greenhouse gas emissions must be drastically reduced. One way to achieve this goal is to set an effective carbon price. Although beneficial for the climate, a rapid increase in this price can have a significant financial impact on corporate firms.
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Asset Manager NewsInvesco Real Estate Acquires Two Logistics Facilities, At The Gates Of The Paris Region, In A Forward Funding Deal
Invesco Real Estate acquires two logistics developments, covering c.91,000 sqm in total, for EUR61 million in a forward deal from vendor/developer Arefim Artenay (c.47,000 sqm) is in the Orléans region and will be completed in Q1 2021; Cernay-les-Reims (c.44,000 sqm) is in the Reims region and will be completed ...
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Asset Manager NewsPATRIZIA opts to go green in France
As part of its sustainability drive, PATRIZIA AG has switched over to renewable energy sources in France.
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White papersPersonal Values, Responsible Investing And Stock Allocation
We analyze the portfolio choices of approximately 965,500 active participants in employee saving plans in France. Looking at the cross-section of equity exposure, we find that the inclusion of responsible equity options in the menu of available funds is associated with a 2.4% higher equity allocation by plan participants.
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White papersBlog: The Paris climate targets require investors to act
On the subject of achieving the Paris climate targets, Jane Ambachtsheer, Head of Sustainability at BNP Paribas Asset Management, is forthright. She says the world will not hit the mark of capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius if we wait for governments to act. That judgment helps explain BNPP AM’s drive to ensure that investments contribute to attaining the climate goals.
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Asset Manager NewsClimate protection at the expense of personal convenience
Two different yardsticks are being used in the current climate debate. The “Perspective Renewable Energies” publication from investment and asset manager KGAL looks at the reasons behind this. Portfolio manager Alexander Rietz also describes the strategy of the KGAL ESPF 4 renewable energies fund. His colleagues give recommendations for negotiations with French business partners.
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White papersCore Matters Investment Returns: A 5-year perspective
2019 has seen huge inflows into Fixed Income (FI) funds and outflows from Equities. From a medium-term return perspective this makes no sense. The formidable demand for safe assets reflects cyclical and structural forces (e.g. ageing). No matter the economic scenario, FI returns over the next five years are ...
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White papersFrench 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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Barings Acquires French Courier Portfolio from BNP Paribas REIM
Barings, one of the world’s largest diversified real estate investment managers, announces the acquisition of three Grade A courier assets located in the French cities of Paris, Lyon and Poitiers. The high quality assets were purchased on behalf of institutional clients for a core investment strategy from an OPCI (a French REIT), managed by BNP Paribas REIM. The three assets offer a total of 71,000 square meters of space and are fully let to Poste Immo, real estate subsidiary of Le Groupe La Poste, the French national postal service.
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Asset Manager NewsPGIM Real Estate invests in the office and logistics sector in France for core plus and value-add pan-European funds
PGIM Real Estate has acquired three properties in France on behalf of investors in its core plus and value-add pan-European discretionary funds: Atria, an office building in Paris; a Class A logistics platform development project in the south of Paris; and Portes Sud, an office campus in Toulouse. PGIM Real Estate is the real estate investment business of PGIM, the US$1.3 trillion global investment management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).
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Asset Manager NewsPATRIZIA 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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White papersFrance: The Reform Momentum Stays Alive After The Yellow Vest Crisis
Other dominant factors within the fixed income environment are the increased role of politics, the still present short-term downside risks regarding the economy, the high level of debt globally, and, moving towards the long term, rising acknowledgment of climate and societal-related risks.
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Barings Acquires Fully Let Grade A Logistics Asset with Development Opportunity in Toulouse, France
Barings, one of the world’s largest diversified real estate investment managers, announces the off-market acquisition of a new Grade A logistics asset in Muret, Greater Toulouse, from developer, Vectura, on behalf of institutional clients for a core investment strategy. Barings has also entered into a binding agreement to forward fund the development of a 23,000 square meter extension of the property.
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Invesco Real Estate Forward-Funds Cluster Office In Paris
Invesco Real Estate forward-funds 17,600 sqm office building in Saint-Denis, North of Paris
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Asset Manager NewsSchroder European Real Estate Investment Trust increases logistics exposure with €17.3 million French acquisition
Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust plc (“SERE”), the company investing in European growth cities, has completed the acquisition of two logistics warehouses near Rennes, in Brittany, France, for €17.3 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 5.9%.
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Asset Manager NewsInsights - Real Estate March 2019
As we move further into spring, thoughts turn to the direction markets and trends will take. Despite the initial uncertainties, there are many positive avenues to explore both for active asset management and investment opportunities, all of which raise value and generate attractive returns in the long run.
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Asset Manager NewsSwiss Life Asset Managers reports further growth in its real estate business in 2018
Swiss Life Asset Managers reports positive results for its real estate business in 2018. Last year, the asset management company reported a real estate transaction volume throughout Europe amounting to around EUR 10 billion.
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Asset Manager NewsM7’s first dedicated French fund now fully invested with acquisition of €35 million of office and light industrial assets
M7 Real Estate (“M7”), the pan-European investor and asset manager, announces that it has agreed to acquire, on behalf of M7 French Active Fund (“M7 FAF” or the “Fund”), four multi-let office and light industrial assets in France for €35.5 million in four separate transactions. These transactions mean that the Fund is now fully invested with AUM of approximately €115 million, having raised €60.5 million from a broad range of investors based in Asia, the USA and Europe and following a final close in October 2018.
