Barings debuts APAC real estate debt market with A$320m loans
Barings completes loans in separate deals with Scape Australia, Arklife and Winton Land
Macquarie makes €125m debt investment in Irish broadband firm SIRO
Macquarie’s loan is largest institutional component of SIRO’s €620m debt financing package
UK lockdown impedes property lending activity – survey
Defaulted loans increased from 3.2% at the end of 2019 to 4.6% in December 2020
Investment: 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.
Private debt: Everyone wants to be a lender
Institutional investors have been piling into private debt, and real assets form an important part of the story. Rachel Fixsen reports
Private debt: Crowded space for COVID opportunities in US real estate
Significant capital has been raised for US real estate debt funds, but an anticipated glut of opportunities has not materialised. Rachel Fixsen reports
Private debt: Infrastructure funds prospered through lockdown
Infrastructure debt funds have continued to grow despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Jennifer Bollen reports
Ares secures $3.3bn for real estate secondaries investments
Landmark Real Estate Fund IX raises capital to buy limited partnership positions in existing funds
Analysis: German renewables funds have to wait for beneficial tax reforms
Mirova fully deploys sustainable land fund, targets €350m for successor
GQ BTR partners with OSK Property for Melbourne residential tower project
Blackstone acquires Power Grid Components from Shorehill Capital
Manulife and StepStone recapitalise Scannell’s $1.2bn US industrial portfolio
Eolus Vind to buy YIT’s renewable energy business in €48bn deal
CapitaLand China Trust sells CapitaMall Shuangjing for RMB842m
Ontario Teachers’ names Cherki global real estate MD
SUSI and SMT Energy to expand US battery energy storage venture