Western Europe

Two £400m logistics RCFs signal bank lender appetite for the sector

L&G and Tritax secure refinancings for their respective industrial strategies.

CapMan’s majority stake purchase in Caerus marks entry into real estate debt

It is expected CapMan will allocate a portion of capital to Caerus’s eighth fund.

Germany’s pbb in talks to buy manager, confirms US withdrawal

The bank has outlined its future strategy, including an exclusive focus on Europe.

L&G enters cold storage financing market through £500m facility

The insurer is diversifying its loan book in an increasingly competitive market.

Mitsubishi Estate acquires majority stake in Patron Capital

Around €100m of seed capital will be invested in the firm’s fledgling debt business.

Heyford Park: A new era for a former military airbase

How a wartime airfield has gone from RAF to residential.

Savills: 30-plus lenders often compete for individual UK deals

At its London presentation, the adviser said lenders from 47 countries are active in a competitive UK market.

Standard Chartered’s James Hawkins joins Wells Fargo

Hawkins leads the bank’s activities in the European commercial mortgage-backed securities market.

How Homes England is scaling its lending

As its future funding is determined, the UK public sector body’s executives explain how it is partnering with private capital providers in the lending market.

Aukera aims to amass €500m lending pot in time for German recovery

The manager says it is ‘confident’ it can begin deploying the capital, via small-ticket senior loans, this year.