The Scottish life, pensions and insurance company has made its first direct real estate lending deal with £20 million in financing to Custodian REIT.
2 min read · 20 August 2015
Barbara Koreniouguine, former chief operating officer at BNP Paribas Real Estate, has joined the German insurance giant to lead its real estate activities in France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
1 min read · 20 July 2015
The global asset management platform of UK insurer Aviva has named a replacement for Ian Womack who retires at the end of June.
1 min read · 18 May 2015
The London-based developer taken private by property fund managers Ares and Delancey has exited one of its prominent UK investments to Taiwan-based insurer Cathay Life.
2 min read · 13 May 2015
The Taiwanese insurer is chasing its third London property asset since deregulation in the country’s insurance sector in 2013 paved the way for greater overseas investment.
2 min read · 06 May 2015
On behalf of two institutional investor clients, the French insurer has purchased 381 banking assets from a REIT launched by the Spanish bank in February.
2 min read · 24 April 2015
The real estate investment arm of German insurer Allianz and an unnamed Asian institution have jointly injected capital into Maastricht-based residential property company Vesteda in a meaningful bet on the Dutch-private rented residential market.
1 min read · 24 April 2015
The acquisition of a majority stake in a Boston project also marks the first time that the companies have co-invested in real estate outside of China.
3 min read · 08 April 2015
The principal investment division of UK insurer Legal & General has acquired a developments site in London for £25m in what is expected to be the first of many private rented residential deals it undertakes.
2 min read · 26 February 2015
Former AXA Real Estate Investment Manager and GE Capital’s senior executive Hidetoshi Ono will now lead the insurance firm’s real estate department in Japan.
2 min read · 23 February 2015
