IPE Real Assets Opinion
IPE Real Assets' columnists and guest writers provide thoughtful commentary and reaction to the hot topics for the industry
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Guest view: Future proofing hotel assets
Demand for sustainable travel experiences is driving a shift in the hospitality industry
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Guest view: Pension funds are ‘buying British’ through their exposure to alternatives
UK pensions have increased allocations to alternatives like real estate, private equity and infrastructure
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IPE Real Assets May/June 2024: Real estate comeback?
Richard Lowe considers the competition between real estate and infrastructure asset classes, as this year’s real estate investor survey hints at a resurgence in investment
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Guest View: Considering carbon credits? Ask these three questions first
Critics fear carbon credits could become a greenwashing tool
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Guest view: Is 2024 the year when carbon commitments impact leasing decisions at scale?
Occupiers will need to move quickly to snap up the limited low-carbon stock available
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How should UK real estate managers choose between a RIF and REIT?
Melville Rodrigues considers the important choice facing UK fund managers
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Guest view: It’s time for innovation in real estate investment
Real estate fund management needs to move with the times, write Andrew Baum and Valentina Shegoyan
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Guest view: UK fund managers – seize the RIF opportunity
Melville Rodrigues welcomes the Spring Budget announcement on the reserved investor fund
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Guest view: The economics of our electrical grid
Within the electrical grid, supply and demand must seamlessly coordinate
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Guest view: Prime Central London CRE investment opportunities
Opportunity to buy and retrofit underperforming properties in London has become more prevalent
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Guest view: Europe’s retail renaissance
Retail sector had to adapt amid a confluence of technological, environmental and societal secular shifts
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GRESB: Why the E should not be separated from ESG
Despite some recent claims, sustainability does not start or end with GHG emissions, writes Chris Pyke
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IPE Real Assets March/April 2024: University of life (sciences)
Student housing and life sciences are separate real estate sectors but they form part of the same ecosystem of innovation
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Guest view: How new UK policy could turn offices into thousands of new homes
Planning reform takes time and it is rarely popular to local ‘not in my back yard’ residents that are affected
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Guest view: Redefining residential investment – a data-driven future
Traditional metrics are reaching their limits in the face of the ever-evolving market
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Guest view: What do biodiversity rules mean for the real assets community?
Smaller firms may not have had the resources to prepare England’s new Biodiversity Net Gain law
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Guest view: Avoiding the allocation trap of rigid investment categories
Eduardo Monteiro, partner and co-CIO of Victory Hill Capital Partners
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Guest view: Navigating tectonic shifts in the EMEA market
Despite drawing substantial investments in real assets, managers face ever-shifting landscape, demanding adept navigation
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Guest view: Three headwinds for US commercial real estate in 2024
Sector still faces three undeniable challenges
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Guest view: Infrastructure asset class takes on central role in energy transition
Infrastructure investors are ready to turbocharge the energy transition, writes François Bergère