All articles by Christopher Walker – Page 2
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Special Reports
Ontario Teachers: A decade in building natural resources exposure
Christopher Metrakos explains the Canadian giant’s natural capital strategy to Christopher Walker
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Special Reports
Forest Investment Associates: ‘most exciting time’ for sustainable forestry
Mike Cerchiaro tells Christopher Walker that the asset class has never been in such demand
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Magazine
Social infrastructure: Asset class on the rise
Investors are looking to increase their exposure to social infrastructure, but the sector is complex and requires a careful approach, writes Christopher Walker
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Special Reports
What the biodiversity agenda means for forestry and agriculture
Biodiversity is rising up the agenda of institutional investors. Christopher Walker explores what it means for forestry and agriculture
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Special Reports
Affordable housing: PGIM seeks to serve the ‘forgotten majority’
Oscar Kingsbury tells Christopher Walker why PGIM has a laser focus on single-family affordable homes in the UK
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Special Reports
Affordable housing: Scotland prompts the law of unintended consequences
Well-intentioned initiatives by the Scottish government to control rents have backfired, with knock-on effects for student housing. Christopher Walker reports
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Special Reports
Can institutional investment in affordable housing keep up with demand?
Institutional investors have been homing in on affordable housing. But the need is only growing stronger. Christopher Walker reports
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Analysis
Real estate 2024 outlook (part two): Interest rates, sectors and asset allocation
Outlook for real estate depends on central banks, sector differentiation and wider asset allocation forces
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Analysis
Real estate 2024 outlook (part one): Things can only get better?
It has been a year to forget for investors. Christopher Walker reviews what 2023 means for real estate markets in 2024
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Analysis
COP28 reaction: A ‘shuffle’ rather than a step forward
Investors read between the lines of ‘transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems’
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Special Reports
UBS-Credit suisse merger: Scaling Switzerland’s new mountain
The takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS could see the creation of the fourth-largest real estate investment manager. Richard Lowe and Christopher Walker report
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Special Reports
Opportunistic real estate: An avenue of growth for fund managers?
As interest rates and repricing weigh on fundraising and AUMs, the industry looks to opportunistic real estate as a potential way to grow AUM. Christopher Walker reports
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Interviews
Local Pensions Partnership Investments: The benefits of scale in action
LPPI was formed in 2016 to help aggregate local authority pension fund money. Today, it manages some £5bn in infrastructure
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News
UK government increases offshore wind development price cap by 66%
GIIA welcomes ‘first step towards restoring the confidence of international investors’
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Analysis
Analysis: WeWork hands in its resignation
What does this week’s bankruptcy mean for landlords and flexible office competitors?
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Analysis
Analysis: Has wind power peaked for institutional investors?
Turbine developers battle financial headwinds and investors face lower returns
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Analysis
Analysis: UK govt advised to attract more private infrastructure investment
National Infrastructure Assessment published two weeks after HS2 U-turn
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Analysis
HS2: UK’s major infrastructure U-turn dismays global institutional investors
Real assets investors respond to the scrapping of the UK’s high-speed rail extension
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Special Reports
London offices: Downsizing the Big Smoke
With high-profile occupiers cutting space and commuters showing up three days a week, is London’s office market set for a major reset? Christopher Walker reports
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Interviews
John Phillips, GIIA: Navigate with ‘sensitivity and awareness’
Jon Phillips tells Christopher Walker why the infrastructure investment industry needs to tread carefully amid rising economic, political and environmental pressures