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Asset Manager NewsGlobal Retail Attractiveness Index - European retail markets pull out of downward trend in fourth quarter of 2020
The first Europe-wide lockdown in spring 2020 sent retail markets from Scandinavia to the Iberian peninsula into an unprecedented state of collective shock. This was reflected in the European retail industry barometer, the Global Retail Attractiveness Index (GRAI), which plummeted to a historic low of 89 points in the second quarter.
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The key to change? - Top 10 with… Interview with REPM private markets experts on ESG investing
Institutional investors are increasingly recognizing the potential for ESG factors to affect the valuation and financial performance of their portfolios. The recent boom can be viewed as both an economic and ethical opportunity to draw together expertise across a wide range of real asset investments. Our experts provide a cross-asset view on how ESG investment is transforming the private markets space.
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Another grand year - 2021 GRESB Real Estate and Infrastructure Assessments
Following on from previous years, UBS Asset Management, Real Estate & Private Markets’s (REPM) sustainability efforts continue to be recognized by the industry, with strong results in the 2021 GRESB Real Estate and Infrastructure Assessments.
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Real Estate Debt Building Blocks to Opportunity
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been a shock to global GDP growth and has been followed by an uneven recovery across markets and sectors. In addition, packages of monetary stimulus injected to support economies have pushed government bond yield curves lower, particularly at the short end. The resulting interest rate environment is moving asset allocators to look at real assets as a potential source of yield.
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Real Estate: Global Opportunities vs UK 2021 and Beyond
In this update we are focusing on global vs domestic UK real estate investments. Typically a domestically invested asset class, we explore the return opportunities offered overseas and the benefit of international diversification (a philosophy taken for granted in most traditional asset classes). This is supported by empirical data that reflects on a tumultuous year in 2020 and, using Invesco Real Estate’s “on the ground” experience, looks toward the investment opportunities in 2021 and beyond.
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European Hotels Checking in for the Recovery
We believe that the recent repricing in European hotels could represent a good opportunity to acquire either core hotels for a long-term hold or value-add projects following a manage-to-core strategy.
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Generali Real Estate awarded three times by MSCI at the European Property Investment Awards 2020
At the annual MSCI UK and European Property Investment Awards, based on the 2020 performance, Generali Real Estate has been recognized as the winner in three categories:
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Manchester’s Bauhaus becomes UK’s first refurbished building to be awarded WELL Gold status
Orchard Street Investment Management (‘Orchard Street’), the specialist commercial property investment manager, announces that its Bauhaus Office scheme, located between Manchester’s Spinngfields and St. John’s districts , has achieved a WELL Gold accreditation by sustainability and wellness certifier, the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI). The certification makes Bauhaus the only refurbished building in the UK to have received the accreditation, and just one of only three UK buildings in total, following its comprehensive upgrade by Orchard Street.
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Orchard Street signs three tenants in quick succession at prime Farringdon office scheme
Orchard Street Investment Management (‘Orchard Street’), the specialist commercial property investment manager, has completed three further lettings at its newly refurbished 75 Farringdon Road office building in London’s Midtown, leasing c.11,000 sq ft of space and bringing the scheme to over 60% let.
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Busaba makes Welsh debut with 4,000 sq ft letting at Orchard Street’s Brewery Quarter, Cardiff
Orchard Street Investment Management (‘Orchard Street’), the specialist commercial property investment manager, has signed a c.4,000 sq ft letting with Thai restaurant chain Busaba at the Brewery Quarter, one of Cardiff’s leading leisure destinations. The company has agreed to a 15-year lease across the ground and terrace floors of the property, which will be home to Busaba’s first restaurant in Wales.
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The Future of Office: From Uncertainty to Opportunity
There are three key drivers that will shape office demand in the recovery ahead—and ultimately determine which assets and markets will be the winners and which will be the losers.
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Controlled Deflation of the China Property Debt Balloon
China’s real estate market has started to slow as a result of policy moves such as the three red lines for property companies and two red lines for banks. These moves have also curbed aggression in developers’ growth strategies and improved their metrics.
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Disclosures, trade-offs and green premia: The future of sustainability in real assets
The path to a sustainable future for private markets is full of opportunity but also complexity, as Laurence Monnier and Ed Dixon explain.
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KGAL back in London: acquisition in West End
As conditions in the London commercial real estate market have become increasingly attractive for investors, KGAL Investment Management GmbH & Co. KG is investing in London again. The German asset manager has acquired the office building “101 St Martin’s Lane” in London’s West End for its fund KGAL Core 4. The seller is Legal & General Investment Management Limited. The building offers a total of approximately 47,600 square feet of leasable space.
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Property As An Inflation Hedge
Does property create a viable inflation-linked investment opportunity?
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AEW Monthly Research Report - September 2021
Debt used to fund new real estate acquisitions was €129bn for 2020. This is down by 15% from 2019 due to the Covid-19 lockdowns. Across the entire European market, the average annual acquisition LTV remained at under 50%,
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Hybrid working: the best of both?
We have a tantalising opportunity to combine the best aspects of remote and office working. Companies, employees and investors all stand to benefit if they can find the right mix.
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From real-world problems to real-asset solutions
How real-asset investors must decarbonise to future-proof portfolios.
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Embracing change, optimising impact
Managing for impact is different from measuring impact. Discover practical insights into impact investing with Nuveen’s guide to integrating impact into financial analysis of alternative classes.
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Inflation & Real Assets: Navigating an inflationary environment with real assets
Real assets may perform well in periods of higher inflation, especially when accompanied by strong economic growth as demand rises for real estate space and economic infrastructure.
