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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AnalysisCan Labour lead an urban revival in the UK?
The new government is targeting co-ordinated initiatives in planning, housing, R&D and transport
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AnalysisWhat heat islands mean for real estate
Real estate investors might be underestimating the importance of urban heat when it comes to assessing climate risk. Lauren Mills reports
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AnalysisRevised Energy Performance and Buildings Directive: As easy as EPC?
The EU has introduced multiple revisions to the Energy Performance and Buildings Directive. Seán Kilbane looks at what this means for investors
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AnalysisCity Focus: Back to work for Toronto
The city is grappling with an infrastructure funding gap and a post-COVID-19 hangover in its downtown. But the future is far from bleak, finds Joel Kranc
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AnalysisOn the move: Global migration and real assets
Migration can boost economies but also put a strain on infrastructure and society. Christopher Walker looks at the future implications for real assets
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AnalysisAI is coming to real estate
Generative AI will become embedded in education and professional life. Organisations – including those in the real estate industry – need to get on board, write Nikodem Szumilo and Thomas Wiegelmann
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AnalysisAI boost for listed utilities
Listed utilities are poised to benefit from the rise of AI and its insatiable demand for energy. Florence Chong reports
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AnalysisBPF calls for partnership between UK property industry and government
CEO Melanie Leech tells Christopher Walker what the real estate industry wants from a new government
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AnalysisIs the UK housing market facing the prospect of rent controls?
Christopher Walker investigates whether institutional investors are becoming spooked
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AnalysisGuest view: LGPS funds seek global real estate exposure
Martin Gilbert and Andrea White explore the rationale and the timing behind the move
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AnalysisGuest view: the green wave in Brazil
Alexis Crow explores the opportunities for investing in private markets and ESG in Latin America’s largest economy
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AnalysisGlobal core real estate: no excuse for home bias?
Never before have investors had such a wide choice of solutions for accessing core real estate on a global basis. Robin Marriott reports
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AnalysisCity focus: Unlocking Berlin's housing market
Germany’s capital is mired in a housing crisis, soaring rents and regulations that have put off developers. But is there still life in Berlin? Robin Marriott reports
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AnalysisAnalysis: What the Baltimore Bridge collapse means for real assets
Other US ports set to benefit, but local real estate and transport inflation unlikely to be affected
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AnalysisMIPIM 2024: Infrastructure gate-crashes real estate party
Major institutional investors converge on Cannes to discuss challenges facing asset class
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AnalysisNet zero: Piloting a new science-based roadmap for real estate
The SBTi has launched new guidelines for decarbonising the built environment, and 15 firms have been selected to pilot them. Razak Musah Baba reports
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AnalysisTime to target DACH region for distressed real estate debt?
Oliver Platt explains how financing gaps in Germany, Austria and Switzerland mean it could be time for global opportunistic investors to step in
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AnalysisM&A: The race is on to get bigger in infrastructure fund management
Does the BlackRock-GIP merger mark the start of an infrastructure arms race? Christopher Walker and Richard Lowe report
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AnalysisNashville: People and investors flock to the Sun Belt’s music city
Nashville is one of a number of Sun Belt markets to experience an influx of people – and real estate investors – in recent years. Vanessa Drucker explores what this really means for the city
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AnalysisUS real estate debt funds: Will it be ‘GFC 2.0’?
Real estate debt fund managers in the US are anticipating a wave of wide-ranging opportunities this year. Robin Marriott reports
