News

• Allianz grows real estate portfolio to record €56bn

  09 March 2018

  Allianz Real Estate, the property arm of the German insurer, saw a 12% growth in assets to €56bn ($68.9bn) in 2017, up from €50bn in the previous year.

• EU to investigate lower capital charges for sustainable investments

  08 March 2018

  Insurers key to reorienting financial system towards sustainability

• Aviva tells affiliate manager to find more illiquid investments

  08 March 2018

  Aviva has put finding more external business and more illiquid assets on this year's agenda for its affiliate manager, Aviva Investors.

• M&G Real Estate strikes €100m German office deal

  08 March 2018

  M&G Real Estate, the real estate fund management arm of M&G Investments, has financed the construction of a €100m ($123m) office development in Dusseldorf, Germany.

• L&G to double investment in English cities regeneration to £200m

  07 March 2018

  The English Cities Fund, a partnership between UK insurer Legal & General (L&G), Homes England and real estate developer Muse Developments, has agreed to double its investments in cities and towns in England to £200m ($278m).

• LGIM falls just shy of £1tn asset mark

  07 March 2018

  Sees record third-party subscriptions for 2017

• Mapfre to invest €300m in offices across Europe

  06 March 2018

  Madrid insurer, Mapfre, has partnered with real estate company GLL for a €300m ($372m) investment in office space in Europe.

• Helvetia favours fixed income, but sees outperformance in equity in 2017

  06 March 2018

  Swiss insurer Helvetia invested mainly in European bonds, US credit and treasuries for its new investments last year as its portfolio returned CHF1.3bn, or 2.8% for 2017.

• Axa and XL set to create $750bn combined investment pot

  05 March 2018

  But fate of which affiliate gets what, remains unclear

• German real estate fund liquidity remains high

  02 March 2018

  The average liquidity ratio of 18 German open-ended retail real estate funds fell slightly to 21% in 2017 from 22.2% in 2016, a figured considered to be too high by Scope Analysis.