All United Kingdom articles – Page 7
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Emissions trading: the market overlooks UK cap reforms
The commitment to strengthening – and potentially expanding – the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is instrumental in achieving the country’s net-zero goals and enhancing opportunities for carbon investors. But the necessity of a robust ETS, confirmed recently in Whitehall’s “Powering up Britain” strategy, has been overlooked amid the media’s focus on the lack of green-industry incentives.
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Liquidity, logistics and living: What next for real estate equity? - Aviva Investors
Opportunities are emerging across real estate markets in the UK and Europe, but investors will have to be nimble and discerning in their asset selection, say Imogen Ebbs and George Fraser-Harding.
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UK real estate review: recession, recovery, renewal
The first half of 2022 saw UK real estate values, led by industrial and parts of the retail sector, appreciate by 6.5%1 despite a backdrop of significant inflation concerns, the invasion of Ukraine and policy rate hikes.
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Q&A: Place based impact investing, and how pension capital can help the UK level up
Two of Schroders Capital’s real estate experts explain why place-based impact investing and pension fund capital are so well aligned.
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Paradise: a development without the divide
Our Q1 real estate case study looks at a 17-acre regeneration scheme that helped revitalise the centre of Birmingham and has a focus on delivering both a financial and a social return.
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Why change is needed in real estate investing
Why real estate investors need to work harder, smarter, better. Faced with a more challenging outlook for returns, real-estate equity investors must get more sophisticated and active, argue Ben Sanderson and David Hedalen.
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Stop blaming everything on pension funds
UK pension funds have been blamed for a number of woes affecting the UK’s financial fortunes. However, the suggestion that these could be solved by the wave of a regulatory wand is misguided.
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Should we resist the temptation to carry?
In the latest instalment of Simply put, where we make macro calls with a multi-asset perspective, we analyse the choice investors currently face between volatile asset prices and tempting carry strategies.
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Doing the homework on UK student accommodation
Student numbers are increasing in the UK but there is a lack of suitable accommodation. Read more about our outlook for this sector.
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EdR REIM acquires 119-unit affordable housing scheme in Newbury for £34 million
Edmond de Rothschild Real Estate Investment Management (REIM) has acquired a 119-unit residential development in Newbury for £34 million from Nelson Group for its UK affordable housing fund, Funding Affordable Homes (FAH).
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Can UK pension funds improve de-risking by rethinking growth?
Surging rates served only one of three major shocks to UK pension funds in 2022. Add a chronic liquidity squeeze and rebalancing challenges amid asset drawdowns, and there is little wonder why many are focusing on adjusting their low-risk portfolios as they seek to de-risk. But rethinking growth exposures to embed liquidity, diversification and resilience can help smooth this journey, in our view.
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Why UK real estate looks poised to recover
UK real estate has endured a tough nine months, but we think the makings of a recovery are starting to fall into place.
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Pubs, trams, schools: Framing PATRIZIA’s amenities insights through Manchester as a case study
The regulars at Coronation Street’s Rovers Return pub, who pop into their local every day to discuss the latest dramas, hardships and goings-on in their lives, are well served. The characters in the British TV’s long-running serial drama live practically on the pub’s doorstep, just a quick stroll down the cobbled street that runs through fictional Weatherfield in Manchester. In real life, the rents on their terraced houses would be steep: according to PATRIZIA’s research, the closer you live to a pub, the higher the rent charged.
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Pensions Watch | Issue 24: What’s been happening and what’s on the Horizon in the world of pensions
With the inexorable rise of Defined Contribution (DC) schemes and the continued closure of Defined Benefit (DB) schemes to new members and future accrual, suggestions that DB is dead are ever present. However, with funded DB schemes accounting for around 80% of UK pension assets, most of which are not going to buyout just yet, DB is very much alive and kicking.
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Economies recover against backdrop of growing confidence
Business activity in the UK, Eurozone and Japan has been more resilient than initially expected this month, suggesting economies may escape a more severe recession.
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Generali Real Estate and MEAG: co-investment agreement at Fen Court in London
Generali Real Estate, on behalf of Generali Group companies, and MEAG, on behalf of Munich Re, have formed a co-investment structure with each owning a 50% stake in the holding vehicle of Fen Court, a landmark office building in the City of London
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From Waste to Power
How do you take waste destined for landfill and transform it into an energy form?
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Green growth, degrowth or a-growth: What’s behind the new models proposed for sustainable economies?
The universe may be expanding but the earth and its resources are finite. This thought taps at the shoulders of investors seeking to run responsible portfolios. We want growth that drives economies and allows companies to flourish, but we are increasingly aware that for growth to be sustainable it must be consistent with planetary boundaries.
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Keynote interview: The great renewables opportunity
In this article originally published by Infrastructure Investor magazine, Richard Nourse, managing partner at Schroders Greencoat, says renewables represent one of the fastest growing and most exciting aspects of the infrastructure universe and provide secure – often inflation-linked – income