Real Assets – Page 39
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UK housing shortfall – crisis or opportunity?
There is a saying that an Englishman’s home is his castle. Although not all UK housing is medieval, it is starting to creak with age. The UK has the oldest housing stock in Europe. Nearly 40% of residential property was built before the end of the Second World War. More than one in five dwellings has been standing for more than a century.
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Accelerated Migration Post-Pandemic Drives Real Estate Returns - Q2 2022
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic largely accelerated many location changes that began before March 2020. Nationwide, some migratory patterns related to American industry and demographic shifts became more pronounced by type of region, metro, and location − some areas experienced unprecedented booms, while others reported sizeable declines.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve is about to Raise Rates: Keep Calm
With widespread inflation persisting in many western economies, the United States, United Kingdom and to a lesser degree, the Eurozone are moving up the curve of hawkish monetary policy. Emerging from the pandemic-induced lockdowns, the initial burst of inflation was largely driven by so-called base effects as prices were being compared to artificially low prices in 2020 due to the dramatic disruption of aggregate demand.
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Why private capital should fuel the accelerating energy transition
Investing in renewables is not just good for the planet, it offers long-duration assets with secure, inflation-linked income. But there are nuances.
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What comes after globalisation?
The end of the Cold War acted like a catalyst for the liberal international economic order and free world trade. Cash and commodities moved across the globe at will. Location patterns were reshuffled. Asian countries, especially China, beckoned with a seemingly inexhaustible supply of cheap labour. With their labour market largely unregulated, they became the world’s extended workbench.
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The road ahead for transportation infrastructure
Transport infrastructure experienced an unprecedented decline during the Covid-19 pandemic. As the world emerges from a series of lockdowns, traffic on toll roads returns more quickly than rail or air travel. Overall volume-sensitive transport continues to re-gain ground from the cyclical rebound. Investors seem to have turned the corner and see the impact on the sector as transitory rather than permanent. But what are the long-term structural trends behind the revival in investment deal flow and some of the biggest buyouts in transport infrastructure?
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The Decisive Eye: A strategic bulletin on issues and opportunities in European real assets
The world economy is experiencing a level of inflation not seen since the oil price shock of the early 1980s with policymakers dusting off old playbooks to ensure price increases do not become deeply entrenched.
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REITs and inflation: How public real estate may act as an inflation hedge
Not since the 1980s has the U.S. seen the levels of inflation currently being experienced (Exhibit 1). Moreover, with signs of stress in supply chains still evident from sharply higher commodity prices as a result of the war in Ukraine and reduced cross-border mobility on mounting geopolitical frictions, inflation is morphing from the more traditional, tamer form of demand-pull that has prevailed over the past few decades, into more sinister cost push inflation.
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A complementary allocation in an institutional investor’s portfolio
Since its emergence as an asset class in the 1990s, infrastructure has increasingly been featured as a distinct allocation within institutional investment portfolios.
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Hines Investment Perspectives - U.S. Overview
We began this year with the expectation that the world and real estate markets would normalize, on the back of a more controlled pandemic and the reopening of most economies and markets. Little did we know that the first quarter would welcome us with a war in Eastern Europe, rising inflation, increased cost of debt and the prospects of a recession looming in the United States.
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Build-to-Rent: Helping the UK Build Back Better
The private rental market is playing an increasingly vital role in meeting the nation’s housing needs. Over four million households currently rent their homes, which is double the two million who rented at the turn of the century.
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European Logistics Reaching a Turning Point
The ECB has signaled a 25-50 bps rate hike in July and September as on the back of the on-going Ukraine conflict, inflation has continued to move up. Depending on the country, European government bonds have spiked by 100-200 bps over the last three months. These higher bond yields will impact on logistics markets as measured by our new Jun-22 base case and downside scenarios.
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Real Estate Outlook – US, Edition 2 - 2022
Growing economic uncertainty based on weaker consumer sentiment and inflation concerns increases the importance of focusing on durable income growth across real estate sectors, metros, and product types. Continued strong industrial and apartment return performance is anticipated, but at a lower margin than 2021, given interest rate pressures. We expect a deteriorating performance for office and a gradual strengthening in retail performance through 2022.
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Investment Landscape - Americas
We began this year with the expectation that the world and real estate markets would normalize, on the back of a more controlled pandemic and the reopening of most economies and markets. Little did we know that the first quarter would welcome us with a war in Eastern Europe, rising inflation, increased cost of debt and the prospects of a recession looming in the United States.
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NCREIF review and outlook: Q1 2022
Stellar private real estate returns continue; but poised to decelerate
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Using AI to find the best locations for urban logistics hubs
The ongoing repercussions of COVID-19 have dealt a cruel blow to many market sectors, but some are benefitting. E-commerce is one clear winner.
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Life Science in Germany
It is now time to provide a detailed analysis of the real estate sector for life sciences companies. This market segment is attracting everincreasing interest from property developers, investors and financiers. It comes as no surprise that medical technology, pharmaceuticals and biotech companies have gained significant prominence over the last two years in view of their huge contribution to the control of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Real Estate Outlook – Europe, Edition 2 - 2022
For many years, the main argument in defense of ever-lower property yields was that the spread over fixed income yields remained comfortably above historic levels. This is no longer the case, with the spread between government bond yields and prime office yields now below their long-term average in every major market.
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What are the five pillars of a successful residential investment strategy?
It is going to be a transformative decade for the living sector. Strong structurally supportive market dynamics, evolving socio-demographics and an expanding, more discerning occupier base will revolutionise existing living offers.
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Investors continue to show strong appetite for real assets
The rush to meet global Sustainable Development Goals has created a growing demand for infrastructure, which is opening many attractive investment opportunities