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Special ReportsDigital infrastructure: Are data centres bad for ESG and net zero?
Could the proliferation of data centres endanger efforts to reach carbon net zero? Florence Chong reports
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MagazineNet-zero: Infrastructure fund managers take first steps to net zero
Infrastructure fund managers are beginning to take action to hit net-zero targets. But the full path to 2050 is of yet unclear, writes Elisabeth Jeffries
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MagazineRenewables: Investors need to do more than just build
If renewables are to provide nearly all the world’s energy, investors need to innovate. Florence Chong reports
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Special ReportsTransport: Roads to recovery
The pandemic hit transport assets hard in 2020, but a revival of varying speeds is now underway. In this report we look at the outlooks for airports, aircraft leasing, toll roads, ports and shipping, rail, and electric-vehicle infrastructure
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Special ReportsTop 150: Interviews with Blackstone, PGIM and BentallGreenOak
The Top 150 manage €4.9trn in assets, but continuing the growth is not straightforward. Richard Lowe reports
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Special ReportsTop 100 Infrastructure Investors 2021
IPE Real Assets’s ranking of the world’s largest infrastructure investors accounts for more than $545bn
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Special ReportsLogistics: Global boom proves sustainable
The world is witnessing a synchronised shortage of modern logistics space – with prices of prime logistics assets spiralling upwards, and rents growing sharply in key markets across the globe. Open cheque books and boundless optimism are the order of the day. We report on the never-ending logistics boom and take a close look at the latest developments affecting the sector in the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
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Special ReportsTop 100 Infrastructure Investment Managers 2021
The assets under management of the 100 largest infrastructure investment managers rose by €110bn during 2020, from €1.18trn to €1.29trn of assets. We speak to leading figures in the sector about their businesses and views on the asset class, and also question whether fixed hurdle rates are pushing infrastructure fund managers to take undue levels of risk
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Special ReportsMarket report: Student housing
COVID-19 has created a previously unforeseen fault line in the global student-housing market. On one side of the divide are countries with a deep domestic student market, such as the US, where the recent disruption has barely affected operations. On the other side are countries reliant on international students, such as Australia, where student-housing operators are struggling to stay afloat, as we analyse in this report.
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Special ReportsHealthcare & life sciences
The healthcare and life-sciences real estate sectors are booming. Such is the need for specialist space from life-sciences companies, real estate investors are racing to keep up with demand. In this report, we look at how investment and innovation during the pandemic have been transforming these industries and explore what this means for the real assets investors globally.
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Special ReportsTop 100 Real Estate Investors 2021
This year’s real estate survey shows investors holding firm with their pre-pandemic allocations and strategies. Richard Lowe & Rachel Fixsen report
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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 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 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 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 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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Special ReportsTop 150 REIM: Any room in the warehouse?
The Top 150 manage more than €4trn in assets, and the fastest growing sector is logistics. Richard Lowe reports
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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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