All Real Assets articles in July/August 2025 (Magazine)
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Analysis
Shop until it drops: The return of retail property
Retail real estate deals have made a significant contribution to volumes at the start of 2025, as investors are impressed by the sector’s attractive returns
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Analysis
Farming’s shift to digital entices investors
Can institutional investors play a role in digitally enabled, large-scale food production – and reap the financial returns?
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Interviews
Savills IM builds out its natural capital capabilities
A year after it was first established, the real estate firm’s natural capital division is celebrating its first mandate and has plans to further tap into land’s potential
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Analysis
Scaling up natural capital to boost investor returns
Opportunities in natural capital investments are gathering pace, but concerns are being raised within the industry about the impact of government policy shifts
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Special Reports
Jon Kelly, Blackstone: A return to ‘old-school infrastructure investing’
Blackstone is keen on European infrastructure right now. Richard Lowe speaks to Jon Kelly about the €55bn infrastructure arm’s intentions for the region
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Analysis
Why European REIT M&A is back on the table
Public-to-public transactions are on the rise as listed companies seek to gain scale and relevance in the eyes of global investors. Virna Asara reports
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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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Analysis
Could Asia-Pacific real estate benefit from US uncertainty?
Despite experiencing a recent decline in transactions, some Asia-Pacific might attract a bigger slice of capital flows
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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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Analysis
Japan draws record real estate inflows amid global uncertainty
Global capital is flocking to the Land of the Rising Sun in search of market stability and liquidity as local companies move to shed assets
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Analysis
Japanese capital begins to show its global real estate ambitions
Constrained by limited growth prospects at home, Japanese real estate investors are flexing their muscles abroad
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Interviews
Super collider: Alek Misev, Mark Hector on combining real assets at Aware Super
Aware Super has brought its property and infrastructure teams together to capture opportunities in freight. Interview by Florence Chong
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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
Torbjorn Caeser, Actis: Why not invest in ‘most of the world’?
Investors could be missing out on the biggest opportunities by avoiding the ‘risk’ of emerging markets. Richard Lowe speaks to Torbjorn Caesar
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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
Change of the guard at M&G’s $7bn Asia-Pacific core fund
Florence Chong speaks to fund managers Richard Van den Berg and Jason Leong
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Opinion Pieces
IPE Real Assets July/August 2025: New era of diversification vs deglobalisation?
The rise of ‘deglobalisation’ could disrupt the previously smooth trajectory of geographic diversification within infrastructure and real estate
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Special Reports
Top 100 Infrastructure Investment Managers 2025
Total AUM rises to €2.52trn and the top 10 consolidate their positions, writes Richard Lowe
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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