Investors

No death knell for real estate’s shrinking conduit market

The workhorse of the commercial property finance market is down but might not be out.

10 min read · 01 December 2021

KIC to expand real estate footprint in Europe

Korea’s sovereign wealth fund plans to invest in niche sectors and new geographies in the region as it aims to boost its overall alternatives allocation.

2 min read · 23 November 2021

Asian capital is ‘really, really worried about inflation’

The topic is top of mind for the region’s investors and has raised concerns that property markets abroad may have become too expensive.

3 min read · 23 November 2021

BVK enters real estate secondaries with StepStone

Germany’s largest public pension group has forged a partnership with the New York-based private markets investment firm to diversify its property portfolio.

3 min read · 02 November 2021

Going mainstream: Fund managers to bring CMBS to the masses

Mutual funds and ETFs can offer a liquidity sleeve for institutional investors.

4 min read · 12 October 2021

Why Alecta backed one of Europe’s biggest real estate deals

The Swedish pension plan has committed a total of €3.8bn to date as the most sizable investor in the region’s second-largest residential company.

2 min read · 07 October 2021

Real estate faces ‘acceleration of obsolescence’

Institutional investors are grappling with the question of what to do with existing assets amid greater ESG scrutiny during the pandemic.

3 min read · 23 September 2021

Pluto plans to expand beyond UK residential lending following USS backing

The specialist lender, which has focused to date on residential development financing, says the pension fund’s investment will support its lending market growth.

3 min read · 20 September 2021

Why opportunistic Tristan is turning lender

One of Europe’s best-known real estate managers is launching a debt strategy. Dan Pottorff, left, who has been hired to run it, and company chief executive Ian Laming tell us why.

9 min read · 03 September 2021

Rating agency calls for standardisation in ESG real estate bond market

Philipp Wass of Scope, the German rating agency, argues bond investors need to be better able to assess the impact of sustainability on issuers’ credit quality.

3 min read · 12 August 2021

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