Real Assets – Page 28
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Private and listed infrastructure: The case for a complete portfolio
Investors appear to be struggling to deploy capital to meet existing allocation goals due to the challenges managers face in putting money to work in the private infrastructure market.
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Recession and the roadmap for listed and private real estate
We see an economic backdrop that will create an opportunity for strong vintage returns for both listed and private real estate. Both cyclical and secular shifts are likely to create investment opportunities, and we think allocating across both private and listed real estate will be critical.
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Inflation, valuations and ESG reporting challenges
In June, Tell Media Group, in cooperation with Nuveen and Principal Global Investors, organised a roundtable discussion on real estate investing in Helsinki. Tell Media Group founder Niklas Tell and FBNW editor Janina Sibelius moderated the discussion
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The Road to Carbon Neutrality
Learnings and inspiration from the Holiday Inn Express Newcasile’s certification process
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Why Europe’s student living sector offers a potential edge
A constant, in all economic weathers, is people’s value of higher education, as shown by a record number of students enrolled in colleges and universities during 20201. For the world’s rising middle class, top-ranking universities and cities steeped in heritage are a core focus.
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Real Estate Outlook – APAC, Edition September 2022
“APAC economic growth outpaced other regions in 2Q22. Inflation is rising but still modest and central banks’ reaction is not as aggressive as their western peers. Cap rates stayed firm but could rise in the next 1-2 quarters. We still see bright spots in the region that offer good investment opportunities.”
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What comes NEXT NOW?
“May you live in interesting times” is said to be an old Chinese curse delivered in the disguise of a blessing. The expression probably owes more to the English sense of irony than Confucian logic, but whatever its origins, it is particularly apt today. Unfortunately, we are living in times that are all too interesting.
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Well-known Bradenton fruit farm may be looking to sell
Heading into its 84th season, Mixon Fruit Farms has been dealt a couple of tough years and now the owners are considering making some changes.
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How do renewables perform in a stagflationary environment?
Renewable assets could show themselves to be more resilient to a high inflation-low growth backdrop than more traditional assets. Here’s why.
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Strong results! 2022 GRESB Real Estate and Infrastructure Assessments
Following on from previous years, UBS Asset Management, Real Estate & Private Markets’ (REPM) sustainability efforts continue to be recognized by the industry, with strong and improved results in the 2022 GRESB Real Estate and Infrastructure Assessments.
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EDITORIAL: What’s next in these times of uncertainty?
It is a question everyone is asking. Today, we have spiralling inflation, rising energy and living costs and an explosion in construction costs. All industry sectors are impacted by the current crisis and economic slowdown. Any reasonable investor has to be cautious in such an environment.
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The Rising Demand for Healthy Buildings
Lest we needed a reminder, the pandemic we are all living through has made clear the ways in which buildings contribute to our well-being—from providing workplaces that are safe, having comfortable and functional spaces to shelter in place, and in serving society’s most acute health and welfare needs.
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Where Trust and Performance Meet feat. Co-CEO, Sonny Kalsi
Sonny Kalsi is the Co-CEO of BentallGreenOak (BGO) and is based in Miami, Florida. He was a founder of GreenOak Real Estate in 2010 and, together with the team, built the business organically to $12 billion of assets under management in 10 countries with over 100 employees. Before co-founding GreenOak, he was the Global Co-Head of Morgan Stanley’s Real Estate Investing (MSREI) business and President of the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds until 2009.
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Time for hotel operators to lift the bar on sustainable operations
Free WiFi – tick. Comfortable bed – tick. Great location – tick. These are just some of the amenities travelers scour through hotel reviews to find. The presence (or absence) of these can help to make or break a holiday. However, there is one more attribute tourists are increasingly looking for when choosing where to base themselves: sustainability.
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Is the time ripe? Contributing to carbon reduction with energy storage
Many factors have contributed to making entering this sector particularly interesting. The increased growth of the electric vehicle sector led to a broader global manufacturing capacity, which resulted in decreasing batteries costs. This has made the use of energy storage cost-competitive for the first time.
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How the Inflation Reduction Act boosts listed infrastructure
While its name doesn’t reflect it, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) signed into law in August 2022 is the most substantial U.S. legislation ever passed pertaining to climate policy. Approximately $370 billion of the $730 billion package is earmarked for energy and climate change programs.
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Opportunities in Moderate Income Rental Housing
Over the past several decades, the residential rental sector has grown from relative obscurity to become one of the largest and most important institutional investment asset classes.
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Impact investing: Resiliency of affordable housing investments
The affordable housing sector remains an attractive strategy within real estate given the sector’s economic resilience compared with other housing sub-asset classes. The essential need for housing means demand is steady throughout the economic cycle, including recessionary environments.
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Real Estate Outlook – US, Edition September 2022
“We continue to focus our strategies on defensive positioning while economic uncertainties persist. This typically includes marginal movements around strategy targets; less leverage, lower amount of value-add activities, and a focus on increasing occupancy over rent growth in retail and office.”
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Perspectives in today’s real estate market
Uncertainty has increased globally due to inflation and conflict, but real estate continues to offer long-term thematic tailwinds: