Real Assets – Page 2
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2024 Trends and Tactics: Real estate opportunities and risks in the current environment
Discover the latest real estate market trends in our quarterly research report. Dive deeper into regional market and sector conditions to find out the tactics we incorporate into our investment decisions.
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European Real Estate: An Uneven Path Ahead
Downward price pressures are easing in the European real estate market. The timing of recoveries in pricing by geographies and sectors likely will occur in line with variations in real estate debt refinancing funding gaps and long-term growth drivers. The Barings Real Estate team discusses how this is shaping investment opportunities.
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European Logistics: Why Now
Why European Logistics? During the previous property cycle, the European logistics sector emerged as a standout performer, driven by robust fundamentals and enduring demand trends.
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IPM – Edition May 2024: Our semi-annual insights into private markets
The path that real asset owners have trodden over the last two years has been challenging. Investment volumes have hit record lows in some markets, at least in terms of inflation-adjusted figures. The bifurcation between markets’ performance has also been vast: according to MSCI1, US offices have seen their capital values drop by more than 30% from year-end 2021, while US industrial values are up nearly 5% over the same time period. And while not as extreme, similar stories can be said for many other private markets.
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Near-term opportunities and long-term trends
After the correction, we assess those areas that we believe might benefit over the coming months – and the megatrends set to define the years to come.
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Megatrends: Transformative technology
Artificial intelligence (AI), specifically generative AI (GenAI), is poised to affect virtually every sector of the global economy and transform the workforce.
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APAC investors should look west for real estate
APAC investors: look west not east for real estate opportunities.
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Unlocking hidden potential
Real estate markets in the US and Asia Pacific are behaving differently today, with potential dislocation in the former due to higher interest rates, and steadier fundamentals in the latter.
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Cyclical, structural, vintage: The outlook for real estate equity
High inflation and rising rates hit activity in real estate markets over the past year. But cautious optimism is now returning to the investment landscape in the UK and Europe, say Imogen Ebbs and George Fraser-Harding.
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Can the renewable energy sector solve the climate crisis?
The renewable energy sector has seen impressive growth rates in the past 20 years. According to the European Environment Agency, the share of renewables in total energy consumption more than doubled, increasing from below 10 percent to 22.5 percent in 2022.
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Targeting the ‘Next Gen’ tourism market is the future of hospitality
‘Next Generation’ travellers in the under-40 age cohort make up the largest group of guests in Europe’s hospitality market and are rapidly catching up with their older peers in terms of total spend on nights away. Yet these younger tourists have been under-serviced for European hotel choices that meet their appetite for modern, affordable accommodation that combines authentic local experiences with environmental responsibility.
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Europe’s emerging alternative sectors
When Harrison Street entered Europe in 2015, alternative sectors like Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) and Build-to-Rent (BTR) were considered niche real estate asset classes.
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Real estate is ideal for impact investing
BpfBOUW and ABP demonstrated a significant commitment to sustainable development by jointly allocating €400 million to the Dutch Social Impact Real Estate Partnership, managed by Bouwinvest.
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AI is transforming the data center
Artificial intelligence (AI), formerly relegated to the pages of scientific journals and science fiction narratives, is now permeating the fabric of our everyday lives—and transforming the data center in the process.
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Regenerative real estate investing
Despite an enviable long-term growth record, the U.S. economy hasn’t benefited all groups of U.S. society equally. Growth disproportionately favors higher-net-worth individuals who have benefited not only from higher paying jobs, but also from wealth creation related to home and financial asset ownership. As a result, rising socioeconomic inequality has become one of the biggest challenges of our time.
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Beyond numbers: Using Data Intelligence to identify investment opportunities in real estate
AI-driven Data Intelligence is transforming real estate by uncovering previously hidden trends. Data Intelligence enables informed decisions by combing vast datasets like those provided by multiple listing systems to reveal insights like trends in yield compression.
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Investment Update: fragile recovery on real estate markets
Real estate markets are showing slight signs of recovery. For instance, real estate values seem to stabilise in the first quarter of this year. However, the recovery is still fragile, writes Casper Hesp, Director Investment Management at Achmea Real Estate, in the foreword to the new Investment Update. Investment volume is still low and government bond yields are rising slightly again now that the ECB seems to be waiting longer with interest rate cuts.
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Green leases - IREI article on sustainable practices in real estate
Green leases have proved popular among landlords and tenants alike to ensure that properties are being operated in a sustainable manner. What are green leases, how have they evolved, and how can building owners practically implement them in existing real estate portfolios?
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Schroders Capital Global Real Estate Lens April 2024: your go-to guide to global property markets
Our latest analysis highlights the key data and trends that matter to global real estate investors.
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Whole Life Decarbonization in Alternative Real Estate Sectors
Real estate investment managers worldwide are grappling with the challenge of decarbonization and the translation of net zero commitments into tangible actions.