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BNP Paribas is the latest European bank to explore a synthetic risk transfer transaction; a fresh securitisation of London’s Westfield Stratford City shopping centre is set to boost CMBS volumes; MERA Investment Management gets backing for a preferred equity strategy; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Apollo Global Management provides €874m to refinance a European hostels platform; Polish manager EPP secures €323.9m refinancing loan for four retail assets; Barclays among four banks to refinance and upsize an existing loan for NewRiver REIT; the latest additions to the Real Estate Capital Europe lending database; and more in our round-up of European loan deals from the past week.

Apollo Global Management backs the growth of a European hostel platform with an €874 million loan; Polish manager EPP wins bank support for its prime retail portfolio; Singapore’s CapitaLand corrals commitments for its second Asia-Pacific debt fund; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Bank Pekao issues Panattoni with a €22.5 million development loan for a build-to-suit manufacturing project in Łódź; Nordic Investment Bank provides its first sustainability-linked real estate loan; OakNorth writes £28.5 million (€32.7 million) of debt to a specialist provider of short-term supportive housing in the UK; the latest additions to the Real Estate Capital Europe lending database; and more in our round-up of European loan deals from the past week.

Swap rates have eased on news of an Iran ceasefire but uncertainty persists for real estate borrowing markets; Cheyne is reported to have taken ownership of a London mixed-use scheme; Blackstone appoints an investment bank to lead a major refinancing of the NEC in Birmingham; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Cheyne Capital provides a €288.6m loan to support a value-add repositioning of Parisian asset; Deutsche Bank issues £925m (€1.1bn) secured by London's Olympia; SMBC leads Asian lender consortium to provide logistics developer CTP with €280m financing; the latest additions to the Real Estate Capital Europe lending database; and more in our round-up of European loan deals from the past week.

Logistics developer CTP taps the Asian banking market for its latest borrowing deal; a refinancing of London’s Olympia project is reported, including a significant equity injection; BNP Paribas AM Alts provides its take on the impact of defence spending on real assets; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

ING finances an all-timber frame office development with a £105m green loan; Piraeus Bank, alongside a consortium, provides a total of $1.6bn to refinance a hospitality and a logistics platform for HIG Capital; credit manager Arini provides easyStorage with a £180m facility to support its UK expansion; the latest additions to the Real Estate Capital Europe lending database; and more in our round-up of European loan deals from the past week.

The latest securitisation of European data centre debt gives rise to expectations of growth for the sector’s role in the asset-backed securities market; ING’s latest financing in the London office market sees it back an all-timber frame office scheme; credit firm Arini supports the growth of a UK self-storage platform; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Central bankers hold rates steady as the industry continues to evaluate the impact of the Iran war; France’s SCOR Investment Partners raises capital for value-add lending; two UK REITs announce significant debt deals; survey finds back leverage strategies being rapidly adopted in Europe; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.