Across the financial and asset management worlds, claims about sustainability are coming under scrutiny. For real estate lenders, ensuring that their approach to ESG-related lending is clear and accountable is becoming imperative.
10 min read · 01 September 2022
As interest in green lending strategies rises, US lenders are looking to their European counterparts for a roadmap to writing sustainable loans.
3 min read · 03 June 2022
Laura Bretherton of law firm Macfarlanes explains what lenders in the UK need to do to be ready for the end of LIBOR.
4 min read · 17 November 2020
Marc Nardini argues that lenders will begin an “aggressive” realigning of their portfolios once market conditions begin to improve.
3 min read · 22 June 2020
Lenders are facing calls to grant interest payment holidays, force majeure is on people’s minds, and operational property is expected to be hardest hit.
3 min read · 16 April 2020
Historic low rates are a boon for capital seekers, but institutional investors face newfound uncertainty as lower for longer threatens to become lower forever.
10 min read · 11 March 2020
The real estate loans market is starting to embrace to move towards SONIA, but questions remain around its implementation.
5 min read · 04 March 2020
The UK’s regulator has thrown its support behind the SONIA benchmark as a replacement for LIBOR, which could have knock-on consequences for private debt documentation.
3 min read · 18 February 2020
The impact of the ECB’s monetary policy reversal, growing caution in the banking sector, and the importance of lending selectively were among the concerns at this year’s EXPO Real.
3 min read · 10 October 2019
LIBOR has underpinned financial markets for decades. But the benchmark could be phased out in less than three years, with huge implications for real estate lenders.
3 min read · 18 July 2019
