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GLP Completes Acquisition of Central and Eastern Europe Logistics Real Estate Portfolio
Gazeley today announces that it is adopting the GLP brand name following its acquisition by the global investment manager in 2017. In addition, GLP announces that it has closed on the acquisition of Goodman Group’s Central and Eastern Europe logistics real estate portfolio.
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BNP Paribas REIM Announces The Successful Launch Of Its New European Healthcare Platform
BNP Paribas REIM announces the successful launch of the “Healthcare Property Fund Europe” (HPF Europe) in H1 2020 with initial equity commitments close to EUR 200mn. The current group of investors consists of pension funds & insurance companies from France, Germany & Italy and new investors are already expected to join at latter closings in Q3 & Q4 2020.
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Orchard Street brings RM Sotheby’s to Richmond
World’s largest classic car auction house fully lets Heron House as new European headquarters
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Prosperity and preservation: the aim of active ownership
The exogeneous shock of the coronavirus pandemic has confirmed the importance of sustainability. We have absolute conviction that we must continue to act as owners of companies and help shape the narrative of the role of sustainability in a post-coronavirus world.
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KGAL enters the Polish renewables market with a photovoltaics joint venture and the purchase of two wind farms
Leading independent investment and asset manager KGAL continues its systematic expansion in the renewable energy sector by investing in the growth market of Poland for the first time. A joint venture relating to the implementation of photovoltaics projects was established with a local partner in November 2019; while two wind farms have been successfully purchased, expanding KGAL’s presence in the onshore wind sector.
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Responsible Investment Quarterly - Q1 2020
Back in 1964 the German writer and historian Leopold Schwarzschild posed the question “What price freedom?” in an analysis of what is required from society in support of a more socialist political agenda. At the heart of the article, Schwarzschild remarked in particular the extent to which individual civil liberties must necessarily be brought into conflict with delivery of the wider interest. The question left hanging was, how much of a discrepancy in expectations and policy might society be willing to bear under the circumstances?
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Barings Extends European Logistics Portfolio With €92 Million Swedish Acquistion
Barings, one of the world’s largest diversified real estate investment managers, announces that it has acquired four logistics assets in Norrköping, Sweden, one of the Nordics’ most important logistics hubs, on behalf of institutional investors, for c. €92 million through a sale and lease back agreement.
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Federated Hermes marks World Environment Day
Over the past year, there has been a notable shift in awareness of two environmental challenges: the burgeoning climate emergency, and our troubled relationship with nature and biodiversity. The wide-reaching impact of the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the urgent need to prepare and protect against future global threats, and it is imperative that policymakers, companies and individuals take heed and come together to tackle both the climate crisis and our exploitation of the critical ecosystem ‘services’ we rely so heavily on.
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AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets completes forward purchase of 919-unit affordable housing rental portfolio in Madrid for €150 million
AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets (“AXA IM - Real Assets”), a global leader in real asset investments and the leading(1) real estate portfolio and asset manager in Europe, announces that it has completed, on behalf of clients, the forward purchase of a 919-unit affordable housing for rent portfolio in the Madrid region of Spain for €150 million. The portfolio’s vendors are Tectum Real Estate, a dedicated build to rent company, and Locare Real Estate, a development company with extended expertise in affordable housing.
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PATRIZIA sells German DIY portfolio for EUR 96 million
Portfolio comprising 71,000 sq m of retail space across seven assets
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IPUT announces largest green Revolving Credit Facility in the Irish real estate market
Upsized €300m RCF incorporates a €200m green component Green facility will finance 600,000 sq. ft. office development at Wilton Park Builds on IPUT’s commitment to UN Principles for Responsible Investment IPUT also raises €200m through inaugural US private placement
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Orchard Street completes first letting at iconic Radio House Cambridge following major refurbishment
Orchard Street Investment Management (‘Orchard Street’), the specialist commercial property investment manager, has completed its first letting at Radio House office scheme in Cambridge to Sentec, a globally leading supplier of smart home technology and consultancy services.
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Global Sustainable Outcomes - News & Views Q1 2020
This quarter has marked the end of the longest bull market in history after a decade-long recovery since the global financial crisis. Entering 2020, nobody would have predicted the “black swan” event that was to come, providing a lethal shot to both the financial markets and global economies.
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Investment grade: how cheap are credit spreads?
Between the middle of February and late March there was one of the most severe periods of poor performance from risk markets in general, and from investment grade credit in particular. This was in response to the Covid-19 crisis and was marked by both the speed and extent of the spread widening
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European equities – the best option for resilient income
With bond markets offering little in the way of income, the continent’s highest quality equities offer an attractive and defensive yield
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Pharmaceutical companies in a golden age for drug discovery
As new technologies such as genomics spur development of innovative drugs, European pharmaceuticals companies stand out as high-quality, defensive growth stocks
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Europe’s manufacturers are in good shape for a downturn
After reorganising themselves over the past 10 years, many European manufacturers have more flexible business models with higher returns
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Covid-19: a pandemic with no precedent in a modern economy
The good-news stories and optimism of three months ago have been consigned to the bin, as the virus, lockdowns and economic bailouts take centre stage.
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PATRIZIA sells 8,600 sqm office building in Berlin
PATRIZIA AG, the global partner for pan-European real estate investment, announces that it has completed the sale of a multi-let office building in Berlin, Germany, to LaSalle Investment Management.
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Generali Global Infrastructure Q2 newsletter
This quarter, we asked Jacques Delpla, a well-known French economist, to share his views about the current crisis. Jacques Delpla’s views are not put forward as recommendations, recognising that other views exist but the analysis clearly shows the severity of the shock and the potential implications in terms of contraction of GDP and increase in public deficits.