Real assets

Analysis

26 February 2025

Insurers have fortified their RE debt platforms - and now rival banks

With banks retrenching from RE debt thanks to regulation, insurers are fortifying their positions and building out their platforms - with Europe set to become more like the US market

10 February 2025

Real estate market back to basics

Values in the private markets have corrected signaling an encouraging outlook for real estate investors, Andrew Angeli, global head of real estate research and strategy at Zurich, says
13 January 2025

Driving the sustainable infra highway

Jérôme Jean Haegeli discusses how and why sustainable infrastructure needs to become a tradeable asset class
25 December 2024

How is time changing insurers appetite for private assets?

Matthew Bass, head of private alternatives at AllianceBernstein (AB), discusses with Insurance Asset Risk the trends in the private asset space, insurer's changing tastes and his predictions for 2025.
23 December 2024

Exploring the demand in affordable housing

Mike Lohmeier, chief investment officer at IMPACT Community Capital, explains the current state of play in affordable housing investments in the US, and compares it to other real estate asset classes

News

  • Investec backs co-living development in Birmingham, UK

    07 March 2025

    To the tune of £17m

  • PGIM Real Estate backs UK logistics acquisition with £79m loan

    07 March 2025

    Fixed-rate facility to support Valor Real Estate Partners and QuadReal Property Group's recent purchase of a Tesco-let distribution centre in Purfleet, Essex

  • L&G's BTR partnership with Nest makes first acquisition

    07 March 2025

    Acquires building in central Manchester, UK

  • Blackrock buys Panama ports, amidst choppy political waters

    07 March 2025

    Stake bought from CK Hutchinson, alongside forty other waterways

  • Axa IM Alts signs first two pre-lets on Munich timber-based office development

    06 March 2025

    The Stack is expected to be completed by the end of 2025

  • Aviva Investors backs Cambridge innovation campus with £40.3m debt facility

    06 March 2025

    Deal is the first real estate debt investment to be made by Aviva Investors' MSPD LTAF since its launch in November 2024

  • PGIM Real Estate launches German micro-living residential platform

    04 March 2025

    Hires Rainer Nonnengaesser from Amro Student Living to lead OmniLiv

  • Barings forward funds £152m BTR residential scheme in Leeds, UK

    04 March 2025

    Alongside property developer Glenbrook

  • Nuveen Real Estate appoints head of investments in France

    04 March 2025

    Nicolas Biganzoli to oversee investment activity across the risk spectrum for Nuveen's real estate platform across all sectors in France

  • M&G's Prudential Assurance Company to pay out £2.3bn in customer bonuses

    04 March 2025

    Fund saw strong performance in fixed income and regional equity portfolios in 2024, along with a rebound in returns from UK real estate portfolio

  • Winners of the 2025 Insurance Asset Risk EMEA awards

    04 March 2025

    Insurance Asset Risk has announced the winners of its annual UK & Europe awards for 2025, with both Legal & General (L&G) and M&G achieving double victories this year.

  • Private credit to drive growth for US life insurers amid rising regulatory scrutiny, Moody's say

    03 March 2025

    AM-backed insurers tend to hold more ABS and CLOs, report finds

  • Dai-ichi Life to put property businesses into JV with Marubeni Corp

    03 March 2025

    Japanese group wants to expand real estate investing faster than organic growth allows

  • PFC calls on UK government to support housing and infrastructure investment

    03 March 2025

    New report reveals half of local authorities saw declines in infrastructure investment between 2018 and 2022

  • Good news and bad news in the IG private market

    27 February 2025

    As revealed by panellists in an Insurance Asset Risk webinar

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