IPE Real Assets Analysis
Thought-provoking, critical analysis of the big issues and latest developments for real assets professionals from industry insiders and IPE’s reporters
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AnalysisAnalysis: Will global real estate investors reallocate from US to Europe?
Anecdotal evidence from investment managers appears to support live conference poll
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AnalysisIPE Real Estate Conference: Can Europe act as a global safe haven?
Live poll in Copenhagen suggests real estate investors reallocating away from US
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AnalysisMansion House Accord brings hope to UK’s institutional real estate industry
Timing of pension fund pledge could be critical
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AnalysisUS energy sector shows staying power
Amid the upheaval from new US policy, Christopher Walker finds investors hopeful that favourable secular trends will ultimately prevail in the energy sector
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AnalysisReal estate debt versus equity: stick or twist?
As European real estate moves into a recovery phase, investors might be expected to move out of debt and return to equity. Not necessarily, writes Virna Asara
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AnalysisIs infrastructure debt a tariffs safe haven?
As the world reels from global market uncertainty, infrastructure debt funds are emerging as a relatively stable alternative to mainstream investments, reports Lauren Mills
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AnalysisAnalysis: Infrastructure investors grapple with unprecedented uncertainty
“You just can’t make firm decisions in this environment” – warning ahead of Trump’s ‘liberation day’
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AnalysisNatural capital – the nexus between corporate carbon and investment
Asset class is evolving fast, just as ‘corporate money is circling’, says New Forests CEO
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AnalysisWhat Germany’s €500bn plan could mean for infrastructure investors
Infrastructure and defence spending programme could be a ‘game-changer’ for private capital
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AnalysisMIPIM 2025: How everything is connected to data centres
Talk in Cannes was about digital infrastructure, operational risk, AI and office retrofits
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AnalysisCould investors be overlooking CEE’s real estate markets?
While geopolitical uncertainty pervades Europe, CEE property – especially retail – has been strong
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AnalysisGreystar prepares for the next phase of global student housing expansion
With its global infrastructure now in place, the US firm is ready for the next phase of expansion. Florence Chong speaks to CIO Wes Fuller and Asia-Pacific director Adam Pillay
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AnalysisDeepSeek, what’s the outlook for data centres?
Will the data-centre boom continue after DeepSeek? Christopher Walker invokes Jevons paradox
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AnalysisGlobal student housing: more students, fewer beds
A glaring mismatch between enrolments and available accommodation is driving demand for PBSA globally. Florence Chong reports
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AnalysisBanking on beds: European real estate debt funds pivot to housing
Europe’s alternative lenders are being lured by the attractive supply-demand dynamics of the living sector. Virna Asara investigates
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AnalysisScape opens the door for investors to Australian student housing
The creation of an evergreen fund for Scape Australia’s prize portfolio will keep existing investors on board and attract new ones
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AnalysisGeopolitics to top the agenda at MIPIM investor discussions
Richard Lowe speaks to major institutional investors ahead of the French summit
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AnalysisNordic affordable housing: homing in on urbanisation
Rent regulation may be an obstacle in the Nordics, but urbanisation and sustainability offer attractive opportunities for innovative investors
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AnalysisFund strategies: safe as (affordable) houses?
Affordable housing is gaining favour with institutional investors as a stable, long-term play
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AnalysisCould niche hospitality markets help European housing affordability?
Hospitality and the living sector have long competed for space, but that might begin to change
