Regulation & Legal

Private real estate fund managers go harder on fee discounts

This year’s uptick in fundraising activity has a hidden factor – increasingly investor-friendly fund terms.

Schroders Capital on why recapitalization is more than just a liquidity tool

Recapitalizations are emerging as a way to bridge Europe’s funding gap, combining capital discipline with operating expertise to enable platforms to institutionalize and grow, say Schroders Capital’s Kieran Farrelly and James MacNamara.

Real estate managers help Bank of England shine a light on private markets

Firms which rank among the biggest non-bank lenders to UK real estate are among those contributing to a major stress-testing exercise by the central bank.

Lenders deny manipulating valuation of Brussels tower in High Court dispute

CBRE Loan Services denies allegations that it and lenders to Belgium’s largest office building pressured valuers.

Environmental metrics: Pricing in the green gap

As environmental metrics move beyond branding toward verifiable benchmarks, investors must look to concrete metrics and regulatory certainty to capture value.

Affordable housing or returns: The development equation

The need for affordable accommodation is acute, and an increasing volume of private capital is available to the sector, but making development projects ‘pencil’ remains challenging.

Five forces are reshaping global living-sector investment

Institutional capital is redrawing residential strategies as structural shortages, operational intensity and demographic demand reshape the global living sector.

GRESB: A single sustainability rating no longer meets investor needs

As the real assets industry grows, investors’ sustainability strategies and priorities are diverging along multiple lines.

Bain Capital on how flex living is going mainstream

Leveraging a flex living strategy can help address supply-demand imbalances and acute affordability issues across major gateway cities, say Bain Capital’s Ali Haroon and Rafael Coste Campos.

Arrow Global on how selectivity is reshaping development finance

As residential markets adjust to a more disciplined lending environment, lenders are finding opportunities in well-structured schemes and strong sponsor partnerships, says Arrow Global’s Emma Burke.