All United Kingdom articles – Page 4
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White papersUK Pension Reform: The Case for Further Consolidation
How the government’s review can help to deliver portfolio diversification and enhanced risk-adjusted returns.
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White papersLifestyling: the Achilles heel in DC pensions
Why too much derisking – the accepted orthodoxy in UK defined contribution pensions – is a bad thing
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White papersUK real estate market commentary: November 2024
UK commercial real estate values are now showing signs of a recovery after steep price falls experienced since 2022, set against a muted economic backdrop.
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White papersUK real estate market commentary: November 2024
UK commercial real estate values are now showing signs of a recovery after steep price falls experienced since 2022, set against a muted economic backdrop.
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White papersStewardship case study: AstraZeneca
EOS identified robust succession planning for both the CEO and the chair as integral to the achievement of a long-term strategy.
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White papersUK Real Estate: Talking Points October 2024
Welcome to our quarterly snapshot of current real estate market trends, using transparent capital and occupational market data points to summarise key implications for asset allocation and performance prospects.
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White papersUK real estate market outlook Q4 2024
Following months of stabilisation, the UK real estate market is reaching an equilibrium point.
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Asset Manager NewsEdmond de Rothschild REIM sees strong increase in GRESB results
Through the ongoing efforts of its local teams, Edmond de Rothschild Real Estate Investment Management (“REIM”) displays consistent improvement in the results of the annual Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (“GRESB”). Our UK Affordable Housing strategy scored the maximum of 5 stars and is recognized by GRESB as the global #1 most sustainable affordable housing fund.
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Asset Manager NewsEdmond De Rothschild REIM Completes Build-To-Rent Developments In Warrington And Birmingham For Residential Platform
Edmond de Rothschild Real Estate Investment Management (REIM) has added 765 units to its UK residential investment platform with phased completions of major build-to-rent developments in Warrington and Birmingham. In Warrington, opposite Warrington Central railway station, The Steelworks development provides 359 apartments for rent arranged around two large, landscaped courtyards. It features a sky lounge, work-from-home space, private hire kitchen and dining area.
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White papersIdentifying opportunity and delivering student accommodation at scale in Europe’s most undersupplied markets
PBSA continues to offer an attractive yield premium compared to the private rental sector, despite offering enhanced growth.
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White papersShifting Institutional Property Portfolios: Evolution or Revolution?
The composition of institutional investors’ property portfolios has dramatically changed over the past few decades. This is a reflection of wider societal shifts, given that the property industry plays a key role in accommodating changes to how we live, work and play. In particular, long-term changes from shifting demographics to the adoption of new innovations all have a major influence on investors’ objectives—and in turn potential investment outcomes.
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White papersSpectrum Q3 2024: Marvellous medicine
Second only to AI for its ability to generate investor hype, the biotech sector offers opportunity and risk in equal measure. Read our latest Spectrum report to learn why our portfolio managers believe the investment case for life sciences is more than skin-deep.
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White papersReal Estate House View: United Kingdom - Second half-vear 2024
Economic discourse shifted over the second quarter, following the announcement of an early UK general election on 4 July. Polls were largely suggestive of a landslide victory for Labour. Consequently, the announcement of a Labour win had little impact on financial markets, with sterling, equity markets, and gilt yields broadly unchanged.
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Asset Manager NewsHines Opens World-Class European Headquarters in Covent Garden
Once a 19th Century Seed Warehouse, Grainhouse Has Been Transformed to Create a New European Headquarters for Hines in the Heart of London, Comprising Next-Generation Office and Retail Space
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Asset Manager NewsInvesco Real Estate and GARBE to develop a 550,000 sq ft logistics scheme in Worksop, UK
The two-unit scheme, comprising of separate 462,500 sqft and 86,500 sqft facilities spread over 28.9 acres, will see construction commencing September 2024 and completion in Q3 of 2025. Both units target BREEAM Excellent and EPC A+ standards.
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White papersSainsbury’s case study
Following research published by Oxfam on the supply chain human and labour rights risks that UK food retailers were exposed to, we engaged with Sainsbury’s to identify and manage these risks.
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White papersA circular economy approach to protecting the ozone layer
Pension schemes can play a key role in shaping the future by investing in private markets, while providing members access to a broad spectrum of innovative companies on a mission to make a difference. Here we look at how one business is providing key solutions to protect the ozone layer by reducing greenhouse gas emissions in refrigeration while actively promoting the circular economy across domestic and industrial processes.
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White papersNo winners in the Thames Water travails
Whatever angle you look at things from the prospects for future investment in the UK water sector don’t look good, for anyone. The travails of Thames Water especially (but other water companies are not exempt) have wrought such damage to the sector’s reputation that water, once a byword for the essence of life, is now more commonly aligned in headlines with words including risk, sewage and pollution.
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People NewsEdR REIM strengthens Housing Association through new board appointments
Edmond de Rothschild Real Estate Investment Management (REIM) today announces changes to the board of FAHHA, the for-profit housing association subsidiary of Funding Affordable Homes (FAH), its UK affordable housing fund. Richard McCarthy assumes the role of Chairman with two new board members, DJ Dhananjai and Karen Cooksley, appointed in order to add to the legal and investment and finance skills of the FAHHA Board.
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White papersUK real estate market commentary: July 2024
Oliver Kummerfeldt, Head of European Real Estate Research, discusses the economic environment and offers valuable perspectives on making informed decisions when it comes to UK real estate investments.
