Bond investor jitters hint at concerns over indebted European real estate companies; noises around the ECB’s key rate hitting 2 percent spell concern for real estate debt costs; industry figures try to make sense of how ‘Trussonomics’ will impact the UK market; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
6 min read · 14 September 2022
Real estate lenders watch for new UK prime minister Liz Truss’s response to the energy crisis, and her likely economic path; the threat of greenwashing grows as the lending industry embraces sustainable financing; REC Europe calls for submissions for its annual list of leading debt providers; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
6 min read · 07 September 2022
Denmark’s Danske Bank is among those expecting a significant rate hike from the ECB next week, which would impact real estate debt costs; respondents to CREFC Europe’s Q3 sentiment survey report lower loan-to-values in new lending deals; alternative lenders, including manager AllianceBernstein, see more opportunity to do deals amid lending market dislocation; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
5 min read · 31 August 2022
Barings seeks “greater returns” in sustainability-linked lending as it completes its first such loan deals in Europe; A major London regeneration gets a boost with Cale Street reportedly in talks to finance HB Reavis’s Waterloo mega-scheme; Union Investment says the real estate investment climate is “deteriorating considerably”; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
4 min read · 24 August 2022
Credit investor Aeon says commercial real estate lending is ‘attractive’ as it seals a new funding agreement; Brookfield’s Flatt says people are unsure about real estate despite huge fundraising; recently launched Immobel Capital Partners makes a finance hire from Schroders; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
5 min read · 17 August 2022
Upward pressure on debt costs as the ECB raises rates and the Federal Reserve prepares another hike; investment manager Barings has high hopes for whole loan returns after raising €650 million; Leumi UK makes its latest loan in the UK capital’s hospitality sector; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
5 min read · 27 July 2022
Asset manager DWS notes strong investor demand as it holds a first close on its junior debt fund; French bank Natixis says Europe’s lending market is weathering political and economic uncertainty; mega-manager Brookfield is deploying capital as quickly as it can raise it; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
6 min read · 18 May 2022
Cain International’s £261.5 million (€306 million) loan highlights the lending opportunities in the content creation industry; the latest Bayes report reveals a bumper year of lending in the UK in 2021; QSix targets larger loan deals after securing lending mandate; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
5 min read · 11 May 2022
Apollo Global Management’s financing of LaSalle Investment Management’s UK outlet malls purchase signals lender appetite for high-end out-of-town shopping; Germany’s Berlin Hyp puts its focus on the S of ESG with its latest covered bond; a single-family rental financing in the UK market suggests lender interest in the residential sub-segment; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
4 min read · 04 May 2022
CBRE Investment Management cites a long-term outlook for senior lending as it launches its new UK fund; Allianz Global Investors achieves a rapid first close for its debut real estate private debt fund; US manager Marathon Asset Management’s UK subsidiary joins forces with specialist lender Hilltop Credit Partners to provide residential development loans; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
7 min read · 27 April 2022