All REIM articles – Page 102
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When equity becomes debt: The untapped potential of amortising-lease real estate
Pension schemes seeking alternatives to bonds may find amortising leases a compelling option, writes Luke Layfield.
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Sustainability: Drawing force from lines of tension
Much like a gem is forged under pressure, the ESG movement is powerful because it results from tension at multiple levels: between art and science, absolute and relative, exclusion and engagement. Francois de Bruin explores the lines of tension underpinning the investment approach to sustainability.
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Fit for the future: Unboxing ESG in real assets
Recent events have highlighted the importance of the environmental, social and governance characteristics of real asset investments – not only as part of COVID-19 recovery programmes, but also as a way of futureproofing portfolios.
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The Decisive Eye - A strategic bulletin on issues and opportunities in European real assets
The average smartphone puts more computing power in our pockets than was available to the Apollo XI moon landing only fifty years ago. The pace of change is astonishing and continues to accelerate.
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Green News & Views - Sustainably certified assets
Developing a sustainable future is enhanced by incorporating third-party benchmarking and certifications for all property types. There is now a proliferation of standards, ratings, and certification programs globally to help guide, demonstrate, and reward efforts to deliver sustainable, highperformance assets.
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M7 announces its intention to float The Mailbox
M7 Real Estate (“M7”) has announced its intention to float (“ITF”) The Mailbox, a prime office-led mixed-use property in Birmingham independently valued at £179 million, on the International Property Securities Exchange (“IPSX”).
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AEW Research Flash Report - September 2020
COVID-19 related capital value declines combined with more conservative lending will lead to refinancing problems in the coming years, despite moderate pre COVID-19 loan-to-value (LTV) levels compared to the global financial crisis (GFC).
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Deka Immobilien acquires office tower in Australia
Deka Immobilien has exchanged contracts to secure a high quality office property in Melbourne, Australia, for a purchase price of around EUR 280 million. Dexus, a leading Australian real estate groups, is the seller of the real estate. The building will be added to the portfolio of the open-ended real estate fund Deka-ImmobilienGlobal.
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GLP Europe Raises €1.1 billion for First Close of GLP Europe Income Partners II
Fund seeded with 1.9 million sqm of prime European logistics real estate assets
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AI changes the real estate game
The real estate mantra “location, location, location” is fast evolving into “data, data, data!” But data only adds real value if market players know how to analyse it. Marcelo Cajias, Head of Data Intelligence at PATRIZIA, discusses how digitalisation and AI are disrupting the real estate industry.
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Property Appreciation, Inflation and What to Expect
In a speech at the Jackson Hole summit on August 27th, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell announced new and significant changes to U.S. monetary policy, specifically with respect to the Fed’s dual mandates of full employment and price stability.
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Real Estate Outlook – Switzerland
The transaction market remains buoyant as the risk premia of direct property investments persist at an elevated level.
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Real assets can offer an income alternative to low bond yields
When it comes to seeking investment income, market participants typically turn to bonds. But alternative sources of income are becoming increasingly important as more investors discover that debt just doesn’t yield enough to meet their portfolio distrubtion needs now. In working with clients around the world, we’re seeing private real assets play a bigger role in generating robust investment income that’s built to last.
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AEW Research Flash Report - August 2020
Second quarter data confirm that the U.S. suffered the single most severe contraction in real GDP (-32.9% annualized) since the 1930s and, as the U.S. now passes through the “dog days” of summer, the nation’s economy and psyche continues to be dogged by the relentless spread of coronavirus across large swathes of the country, in particular the southeast, southwest and west coast states.
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Real estate investors: don’t forget about climate change risk
The COVID-19 pandemic is top of mind for most investors, but the risk of impacts due to climate change should stay in focus, write Anne Böker, Associate Director Sustainability Management at PATRIZIA, and Greg Langley.
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Real Estate House View - Switzerland
Residential market with stable first half 2020 performance investor uncertainty and lower population growth on the demand-side leading to lower rental levels in peripheral regions - tight market conditions within dense metropolitan city centres.
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Real Estate House View - United Kingdom
Total return over H1 2020 equated to -3.3% compared to +0.3% over H2 2019 based on the MSCI UK quarterly index.
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Real Estate House View - Europe
Covid 19 lockdowns led cars being replaced wit cyclists traversing back streets from Bogota to Barcelona. Extensive pop-up bike lanes have appeared. The current reopening of economies offers society the opportunity to reimagine city transportation.
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Top 10 with… Interview with Benoit Delaby on Real Estate Customized Mandate
The growing appetite for real estate among Ultra High Net Worth (UHNW) investors has grown intensely over the last decade especially after the COVID‐19 crisis. In these uncertain times, the Real Estate Customized Mandates (RECM) business is re-engineering its tailor-made investment solutions in real estate for private clients to make them even more appealing to clients. Benoit Delaby, Head of RECM, explains to us how.
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IPUT signs Microsoft for 44,000 sq. ft. at No. 3 Dublin Landings
IPUT Real Estate (‘IPUT’), has let 44,000 sq. ft. at No. 3 Dublin Landings to Microsoft on a 10-year lease.