The margin gap has contracted due to a rise in corporate bond spreads during Q1 2018.
1 min read · 25 April 2018
To move with the times, banks’ real estate units are investing in technology, often in partnership with start-ups.
5 min read · 24 April 2018
Technology disrupts, but is real estate keeping pace? In the first of a four-part report on fintech, Lauren Parr discovers online platforms may be only a tiny part of the property finance market, but they are important innovators.
8 min read · 23 April 2018
Legal & General Investment Management has hired Lorna Brown from Blackstone to grow its real estate lending business. Alicia Villegas finds out about her plans.
8 min read · 20 April 2018
Adding shorter-duration loans to a debt portfolio minimises investors’ exposure to an uncertain future, writes Will Rowson, partner at Hodes Weill.
3 min read · 20 April 2018
Germany’s HSH Nordbank has been sold to a private equity consortium. Doug Morrison asks what that means for its real estate lending business.
8 min read · 20 April 2018
Lloyds has led the £390m financing of the mixed-use project in Shoreditch.
2 min read · 18 April 2018
The funding line will help Hillview’s real estate fund target acquisitions in the UK office sector.
1 min read · 18 April 2018
A loan deal between ING and Gecina is the first to be indexed on its GRESB rating.
3 min read · 18 April 2018
The bank recorded €1.9bn in fresh CRE business last year, with solid activity in the UK, Spain and the Netherlands also contributing to the 13% year-on-year increase.
1 min read · 17 April 2018
