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White papersUnlocking infrastructure opportunities: Top 10 interview with Roland Hantke
Private infrastructure investments are increasingly gaining traction – and for many reasons. Considered a safe haven especially during inflation, infrastructure is receptive to many secular trends currently shaping the global economic scenario. What are these, and how should investors approach this multi-faceted asset class?
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White papersA Unique Window for Real Estate Debt Investors
In this Q&A with Private Debt Investor, Rupert Gill discusses why European real estate debt presents a potentially compelling opportunity today.
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White papersInfrastructure 2025 Outlook
In 2025, the macro backdrop for private infrastructure is undoubtedly positive. Economic growth is resilient, inflation remains above average, and interest rates are declining. Valuations have also fallen in recent years, offering relative value compared to public markets. All stars appear aligned for the asset class, but here is a simple truth – there is no easy money left in infrastructure.
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White papersIs real estate in recovery mode?
Following two years of cumulative losses, global real estate returns turned positive in the second quarter, suggesting a budding recovery in the asset class. In the era of low interest rates, real estate values were flying high. Globally, quarterly total returns reached 5.0% in Q4 of 2021 and 17.8% year-over-year in the subsequent quarter, according to the MSCI Global Quarterly Property Index – figures that were well above long-term averages. The tightening cycle that followed more than unwound those gains, with values now back to 2018 levels.
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VideoEquity outlook: High valuations and higher-for-longer rates
Equity outlook: High valuations and higher-for-longer rates
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Property, liability matching and investment risk
In recent years, property has been promoted in some quarters as having inflation-hedging characteristics which are suitable for liability driven matching strategies. We challenge this and ask whether long lease properties with inflation-linked leases really are low risk assets.
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Slotting and its impact on the UK commercial property market
The UK banking sector has historically been a key provider of debt finance to the commercial property sector. Bank exposure to property assets has increased substantially over the past cycle, driven by the sector’s attractive marginal profitability and low equity capital requirements
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Postponement of the 2015 Rating Revaluation: winners and losers
Deloitte estimate that business rates generate around 5% of the total UK annual tax revenue. Collected by the district or borough council, the levy is passed back to the Government for redistribution to local authorities as part of central funding of local services.
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Now is the time to invest in European property
While the immediate prospects for European economies remains weak, there is now greater stability across the larger and stronger European markets than for some while.
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Asset Manager News
OREIMA Achieves GRESB Green Star Rating
OREIMA announces its achievement of receiving a Green Star rating following participation in the 2014 and 2015 Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark.
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Investment market update: Europe Q2 2014
European commercial real estate investment in Q2 2014 increased by 4% to EUR36.6bn compared to Q1 and 24% up on Q2 2013. During first half of the year EUR72bn has been invested in European property, which is well above 2005 levels.
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Global real estate securities – performance review and market outlook
Global economic conditions continued to improve throughout 2013 culminating with the U.S. Federal Reserve formally beginning the process of winding down its quantitative easing measures.
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Global strategy – 4Q13: Calling time on prime?
Amid growing signs of stronger growth for both the US and global economy, investors are anticipating an eventual tapering of the US Federal Reserve’s (Fed) quantitative easing policy.
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ECB Lifeline to Banks Means Real Estate Lending Market Is Still Wide Open
There is a deep structural change occurring in the European CRE lending market, with insurers and specialized loan funds readying themselves to fill part or all of the gap left by receding bank mortgage lending in the sector.
