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Deka Immobilien sells Coty’s Headquarters in Paris
Deka Immobilien has sold the office building Opéra Gramont, located at 14 rue du Quatre Septembre in Paris for approximately 107 million euros. The property was part of the WestInvest ImmoValue portfolio, an investment fund designed for institutional investors, and was acquired by Osae Partners on behalf of one of its discretionary funds.
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GARBE Industrial Real Estate Establishes New “Light Industrial” Business Line
GARBE Industrial Real Estate (“GARBE”), one of the leading specialists for logistics and industrial properties in Germany and elsewhere in Europe, actively continues its strategic expansion, and is establishing another business line, “Light Industrial”. The “IndustrialQuarter” brand already established by GARBE, which has so far focused on the new-build segment, will be expanded in the context of the new business line to include existing properties belonging in this segment.
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The continuing evolution of investment stewardship
In less than a decade, stewardship has become a central area of investor interest and action. From the Paris Agreement of 2015 to today, questions of stewardship around systemic risks have gone from periodic to practically obligatory. Investment stewardship is now a key factor of asset owner decision-making when entrusting investment managers with their assets.
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Growing investment opportunities amid bank deleveraging trend
The structural need for European banks to deleverage, particularly with new capital rules under Basel IV coming into effect from 2025 (dubbed as the Basel “Endgame”), is incentivising banks to engage in ‘risk-sharing’ regulatory capital solutions like Significant Risk Transfer and other asset solutions such as Specialty Finance trades. As banks double-down on capital relief and balance sheet optimisation, this is creating an attractive and unique entry point for investors to gain exposure to the core, yet ‘harder-to-access’, parts of bank balance sheets and earn potentially attractive risk-adjusted returns.
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Charles Boudet Joins The Supervisory Board Of Primonial REIM As Independent Director
Primonial REIM Holding, a key player in European real estate asset management, is strengthening its governance and announces the appointment of Charles Boudet as an independent director.
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