James Jacobs, head of real estate for Lazard’s private capital advisory group, says the easing of restrictions on both sides of the Atlantic is changing institutions’ appetite for risk.
2 min read · 02 July 2021
Starwood now expects less troubled deal flow to emerge in the non-performing-loan space from the current pandemic crisis than it did before. But that should not worry investors which committed to its latest ‘distressed’ fund.
3 min read · 01 July 2021
Blackstone and Starwood’s sweetening of an already sweetened offer shows a strong conviction in the sector.
3 min read · 17 June 2021
The New York-based firm’s latest vehicle is effectively a non-traded REIT within a 1940 Act wrapper, but the wrapper is where the innovation lies.
2 min read · 27 May 2021
Inflation fears are back but mitigating forces should not be underestimated, says Jose Luis Pellicer, head of investment strategy and research at M&G Real Estate.
5 min read · 10 May 2021
Oaktree’s substantial deployment of its latest property fund is not indicative of dealflow in the market overall, but rather that it is ahead of the pack.
3 min read · 25 March 2021
Rising foreclosure rates show relief has not prevented some borrowers from losing their properties – and they give a glimpse of what is to come next year.
2 min read · 03 December 2020
Vacancy and rental levels could be on a longer-than-anticipated road to recovery, especially in western markets.
3 min read · 14 October 2020
The wall of capital will likely mean lower returns for property credit strategies. But that has not deterred institutional capital from piling in, as this record-breaking close will attest.
3 min read · 24 September 2020
Securitised real estate debt has been battered by the covid-19 pandemic. Now institutional managers must decide what to do about it.
3 min read · 27 July 2020
