Latest reports – Page 3
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Special ReportsTechnology: Data demand drives digital infrastructure boom
There is no doubt that we are all spending more time in front of screens and COVID-19 lockdowns have only intensified this trend. The implications have not been lost on institutional investors. This report looks at the growth in data centres, perhaps one of the best examples of a real asset that sits squarely in the concentric circles of real estate and infrastructure. We also assess investment opportunities in other technology sectors including fibre networks, 5G and hydrogen technology, and analyse how technology is impacting the logistics and office sectors.
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Special ReportsInvestment: Private debt
Private debt has been increasingly sought after by pension funds and other institutional investors and the arguments for including real estate and infrastructure in private-debt allocations appear to be strong. In this report, we analyse why institutional investors are increasing allocation to real assets private debt. We also look at current opportunities in US real estate debt, and find out why infrastructure debt funds have continued to grow despite the pandemic.
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Special ReportsNet zero: Real assets at the heart of investor efforts to decarbonise
Pension funds have set their sights on achieving net zero and real assets are central to their efforts. Rachel Fixsen reports
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MagazineGRESB: The real estate sector leaders of 2020
As the sustainability benchmark enters a new decade, IPE Real Assets talks to nine of the best-performing GRESB participants in 2020. Florence Chong, Vanessa Drucker and Richard Lowe report
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MagazineUK social housing: Impact firmly on investors’ agenda
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the trend for impact investing in real estate in the UK, writes Maha Khan Phillips
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MagazineForestry: Seeing the wood in the trees
The crucial role that timber plays as an alternative material to concrete, steel and plastics is becoming evident. Florence Chong reports on a fast-evolving global industry
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Special ReportsNet zero: Dial it down
With the postponed UN climate-change conference COP26 due at the end of 2021 and the rejoining of the Paris agreement by the world’s largest economy, the signs are that significant progress could be made to start decarbonising the global economy. The built environment contributes close to 40% of emissions, and so institutional investors, which own much of it, have a big role to play. In this report, we look at the emergence of net-zero targets among investors, fund managers and governments.
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Special ReportsGRESB: The class of 2020
Over the past 10 years, GRESB has become an integral part of investor due diligence and investment-manager reporting. In 2020, further participation in the GRESB Real Estate Benchmark caused coverage to grow by 22%, taking in 1,229 portfolios encompassing more than US$4.8trn (€4trn) in assets under management. Meanwhile, the GRESB Infrastructure Fund Assessment, launched five years ago, has been playing catch-up. In this report, we shine a light on some of the leading participants in both real estate and infrastructure assessments.
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Special ReportsSocial impact
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the trend for impact investing in real estate, most notably in the area of social and affordable housing. In the UK, a growing number of funds have attracted pension-fund capital. While some of the scale and track record required by institutions was not available in the past, the slate of new initiatives shows just how much appetite there is. In this report, we also take a look at how impact investing is picking up momentum in the US and Australia, with investors playing a role in tackling affordability issues.
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Special ReportsTravel & Tourism: End of an era
COVID-19 has brought the golden age of international travel crashing down. Will it ever recover? Florence Chong reports
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MagazineDiversity, inclusion and the real estate investment management industry
Like most industries, the sector has a diversity problem. Some businesses are pushing for change, writes Maha Khan Phillips
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NewsGeopolitical and Economic Outlook
Welcome and introduction from Richard Lowe, Editor, IPE Real Assets, followed by keynote presentation by François Bergère, Executive Director, Long-term Infrastructure Investors Association
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Special ReportsFuture of Offices: No going back
Enforced remote working has changed the office landscape almost overnight. But what is going to happen to the sector in the long term? Maha Khan Phillips explores
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NewsDay One - How global real estate investors are responding to COVID-19
Featuring: Claire Tang, LaSalle; Tony Brown, M&G; Rushabh Desai, Allianz; Karim Habra, Ivanhoé Cambridge; Damien Webb, First State Super
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Special ReportsRetail: How will consumers respond as lockdowns ease?
Huge uncertainty faces retailers and F&B outlets as they reopen. How will consumers respond and will their behaviour change for ever? Mark Faithfull reports
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MagazineOffices: Nine-to-five no more
After a mass experiment in home working, the office is likely to change in a post-pandemic world. Vanessa Drucker reports
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AnalysisEditorial: Real estate faces sweeping changes
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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AnalysisAnalysis: COVID-19, the great real estate catalyst
The coronavirus crisis will only accelerate current trends in the real estate investment industry
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Special ReportsHealthcare: A $15trn prognosis
Large institutional investors have been ramping up activity in a global healthcare sector that is set to grow. Florence Chong reports
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Special ReportsTop 100 Real Estate Investors 2020
Annual survey confirms that a third of investors are putting new investments on hold, and more than half expect the unfolding crisis to affect their real estate strategies and/or allocations
