Real Assets – Page 2
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White papers2024 U.S. Affordable Housing Impact Report
At Nuveen Real Estate, we recognise that the shortage of affordable housing options is a prevalent issue and significant market opportunity. We are committed to investing to preserve affordability, improve housing quality and sustainability, and enhance resident well-being in assets across the globe with dedicated affordable housing impact investments in the U.S.
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White papersSchroders Capital Global Real Estate Lens July 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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White papersBond Voyage: A journey into fixed income
In this summer edition of Bond Voyage, we discuss topical themes in liquidity, emerging-market debt, investment-grade credit and global sovereign bonds.
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White papersLiquidity optimisation for insurers: Building a bespoke portfolio solution
In the third part of our liquidity optimisation series, we look at how bespoke liquidity portfolios that take into account the interplay between different assets can suit the needs of insurers.
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White papersU.S. Real Estate: Ready, Set, Go
Against a backdrop of reduced values, resilient fundamentals, and the prospect of lower financing costs, potential opportunities are emerging across the U.S. real estate market. But given the uncertainties remaining, caution remains key.
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White papersRelative value in real assets: A spectrum of opportunities
Our real assets research team drills into proprietary data to compare risk and return across sectors.
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White papersFacing the Music: Challenges and Opportunities in Today’s Commercial Real Estate Market
For commercial real estate (CRE) borrowers and lenders, central banks have been a persistent source of frustration in recent years. Aiming to rein in stubborn inflation, the Federal Reserve and most of its peers have maintained elevated interest rates longer than anticipated. That’s their mandate, of course. But the consequences have been immediate pain for CRE borrowers facing higher debt costs, along with a duller discomfort from falling valuations due to reduced liquidity and higher capitalization rates.
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White papersEuropean Real Estate: Let the Recovery Commence
The pace of the recovery in the European real estate market will likely depend on variations in debt funding gaps by location and property type. The Barings Real Estate team discusses how this is shaping opportunities across the market.
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White papersReal Estate Convictions: An Asset Manager’s View of the European Real Estate Markets
Despite the uncertainties, the global economy showed remarkable resilience in the first six months of 2024. However, growth remains uneven, and difficulties persist. At the same time, the economic upheavals of the past four years should gradually ease. Global growth forecasts currently stand at +2.6% for 2024, before a more dynamic recovery in 2025 (+2.8%).
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White papersTimberland’s expanding investable universe
Timberland earns a position in many institutional investors’ portfolios because of its portfolio-level benefits – a lack of correlation with capital markets, ability to hedge inflation, and steady income return. For some investors, portfolio decarbonization is an increasingly important portfolio benefit that also comes from an allocation to timberland.
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White papersReal Estate Outlook – Switzerland, Edition May 2024 Stability through strong fundamentals
SNB initiates interest rate turnaround, brightening of economic conditions expected in 2H24
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White papersPassion for real estate and portfolio management: Top 10 interview with Dalibor Maksimovic
Indirect Swiss real estate investment has become increasingly recognized as an efficient instrument for diversification and resilience throughout various economic scenarios, despite starting off as a niche portfolio holding over 15 years ago.
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White papersUK Real Estate: Talking points July 2024
Welcome to our quarterly snapshot of current real estate market trends, using transparent capital and occupational market data points to summarise key implications for asset allocation and performance prospects.
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White papersA new chapter: Time to prepare for the next phase of the real estate cycle
David Hedalen and Jonathan Bayfield from our real assets research team highlight data that shows real estate markets in the UK and Europe may be on the brink of an important shift.
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White papersReal estate market rebasing: What does it mean for investors?
Kieran Farrelly reveals how to harness long-term real estate opportunities in today’s market conditions.
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White papersRoom to grow: Bidwells article on the role of real estate in the commercialization of R&D
The creation of any ready-to-use product from Research & Development (R&D) needs to consider the ‘five Ps’ of Good Manufacturing Process (GMP)
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White papersRelative Value & Tactical Asset Allocation Q3 2024
We are not expecting a U.S. recession in 2024. We are looking for credit spreads to remain rangebound in the near future, and we prefer high carry while considering downside risks. Consumers and housing fundamentals continued to be solid, while CLOs fundamentals weakened further. Commercial real estate fundamentals are stable, but performance divergences are wide. We are neutral for both corporate equity and cash investments.
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White papersBeyond bricks: Innovation is driving the future of real estate
While market turbulence will likely continue in 2024, we believe select real estate opportunities will continue to present compelling investment opportunities. Real estate portfolios that allocate to alternative property types and are focused on large-scale trends could benefit from enhanced diversification and superior resiliency.
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White papersMultifamily Gap Capital
Dags Chen and Lincoln Janes discuss that while the cooling of the Sunbelt multifamily property market is creating cracks in the capital stacks of owners, it is also presenting potential opportunities for investors.Many recent buyers and developers of Sunbelt multifamily properties are overleveraged and need capital to bridge the gap between their debt balances and the significantly depreciated equity value of their holdings. The current pall over the asset class, however, obscures its long-term attractiveness for patient investors.
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White papersAre We There Yet? The Road to Recovery for CRE
Stickier than expected inflation and robust economic activity have delayed and diminished expectations for rate cuts in 2024.
