All articles by Christopher Walker
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Analysis
IPE RA Real Estate Americas Briefing
Can Trump’s plan to use federal land solve the housing crisis?
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Special Reports
City in focus: What could a mayoral shake-up mean for New York’s revival?
The Big Apple tops Oxford Economics’ global ranking, but housing affordability raises questions
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Special Reports
The future of cities: what are they for, where are they going?
Christopher Walker talks to leading thinkers in the built environment about the future role of the city
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Interviews
Pierre Cherki & Jenny Hammarlund on Ontario Teachers’ real estate reset
The duo talk to Christopher Walker about leading a “strategy refresh” from Toronto and London
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Special Reports
Greg Clark: Cities are like living organisms that need to be cared for
The acclaimed urbanist tells Christopher Walker why its important to understand each city’s DNA
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Analysis
Does a £4.7bn UK real estate fund merger reflect an existential crisis?
Why consolidation involving L&G and Federated Hermes is all about changes in the UK’s pension fund industry
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Analysis
IPE RA Real Estate Americas Briefing: Retail in the age of convenience culture
Occupancy rates at grocery-anchored centres have consistently outperformed non-anchored peers
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Analysis
What does the overhaul of the UK’s water industry mean for infra investors?
The government has responded immediately to a review of the UK’s troubled water sector
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Analysis
Real assets fund managers respond to EU nature credits roadmap
Roadmap well intentioned, but lessons should be learnt from the UK and carbon markets
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Analysis
‘Big, beautiful bill’ supports US real estate but hits sustainability and renewables
President Donald Trump is delivering a radically new environment for real assets in the US
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Analysis
Investors eye water security as critical asset
With the availability of water becoming a pressing global concern, investors are eyeing opportunities
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Special Reports
Apollo on financing the ‘global industrial renaissance’
Harry Seekings and Olivia Wassenaar explain Apollo Asset Management’s ‘picks and shovels’ strategy to Christopher Walker
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Special Reports
Frenzied M&A activity reflects major trends in infrastructure
Christopher Walker explores the factors driving continued M&A activity among infrastructure managers – and finds a range of motivations
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Special Reports
Achal Bhuwania, Equitix: At the frontline of the infra boom
Chief investment officer Achal Bhuwania discusses Equitix’s rapid expansion amid global shifts in the allocation of infrastructure capital. Christopher Walker reports
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Analysis
GLIL infrastructure fund gears up for the next 10 years
As it marks its 10th anniversary, the UK infrastructure platform looks ahead to a new decade of growth and diversification
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Analysis
IPE RA Real Estate Americas Briefing: Looking for signs of a US slowdown
Looking for signs of a US slowdown in commercial real estate
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News
Maritime outlook at sea as Iran conflict escalates
US military strikes on Iran throw up more questions, centred on the Strait of Hormuz
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Analysis
Mansion House Accord brings hope to UK’s institutional real estate industry
Timing of pension fund pledge could be critical
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Analysis
US 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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Special Reports
Data centres: Build it and (regulators) will come
Data centres’ high energy consumption is attracting the attention of regulators in Europe and the US, but with radically different outcomes. Christopher Walker reports