Editorial: Real estate faces sweeping changes

Richard Lowe - Editor IPE Real Assets

For years now, institutional investors have been wondering when the global real estate boom – which has stretched for a good 10 years – would finally come to an end. Downturns are normally precipitated by something unexpected, and the industry has been scouring the horizon for potential black swans. Brexit and a global trade war had been looking like the most likely culprits, but these dangers had been visible for some time.

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IPE covers a good variety of very current and relevant topics. It is good to read the high-level, independent and objective perspectives from pension funds in other European countries; many of them are dealing with the same issues as we are, so it is interesting to learn from their experiences, especially when they are ahead of where we are on the curve.

Markus Schaen , Senior Fund Manager, MN,
The Netherlands