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Richard Lowe
Richard Lowe is editor of IPE Real Assets, overseeing all editorial content and direction of the publication. He took on the role in 2011 and has since then expanded the focus of the magazine from real estate markets to include other real assets such as infrastructure, agriculture and forestry.
Richard has contributed to IPE Real Assets since 2007, as a features writer, deputy editor and freelance journalist. As a freelancer, he has written for a number of real estate and pension titles.
He also worked previously as a features writer and features editor of Professional Pensions. His career in journalism started in 2001 as a features writer at the Bristol Evening Post newspaper.
Outside of work, Richard enjoys music and being a dad to two young sons.
Contact info
- Tel:
- +44 (0)20 3465 9323
- Email:
- richard.lowe@ipe.com
- News
Patrizia envisions new real estate-infrastructure asset class as it targets €100bn AUM
‘Re-Infra’ to form one of five growth areas as Patrizia seeks to nearly double AUM in five years
- News
PIMCO to focus on real estate debt and niche sectors amid high interest rates
Real estate investors advised to ‘face the music’ of a slower recovery, says Francois Trausch
- News
Thames Water removed from $290bn global infrastructure index
UK Power Networks replaces the troubled utility in Infra300 after ‘comprehensive review’
- News
Is a national wealth fund the answer to UK’s infrastructure problem?
Labour seeks to ‘unlock’ billions in private investment, but concerns emerge about reform of advisory bodies
- Opinion Pieces
IPE Real Assets July/August 2024: The links between energy, data and nature
Assets under management (AUM) of the 100 largest infrastructure investment managers have risen to €2.2trn – from €1.98trn last year – according to the latest IPE Real Assets ranking. The industry is consolidating as well, led by the ongoing merger of BlackRock and Global Infrastructure Partners, which – based on current figures – would create a giant with more than €150bn in infrastructure AUM.
- Special Reports
Top 100 Infrastructure Investment Managers 2024
The fund management industry has surpassed €2trn in assets under management, writes Richard Lowe
- News
Real estate industry welcomes proposal to introduce ‘transition’ category to SFDR
European Supervisory Authorities propose improvements to EU sustainable finance disclose regulation
- News
IPE RE Conference: Real estate investors make debut at the Bernabéu in Madrid
Investors grapple with rent regulations and interest rates in ‘game of two halves’
- News
KKR buys Copenhagen student housing portfolio from TPG Angelo Gordon
Three assets, completed between 2020 and 2023, acquired for European core-plus strategy
- News
Real estate associations call for launch of UK reserved investor fund this year
AREF, BPF, INREV and IPF respond to consultation on creation of onshore RIF vehicle
- Opinion Pieces
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
- Special Reports
Top 150 Real Estate Investors 2024: Survey
There are signs that investors plan to increase investment activity after a slow 2023. Richard Lowe reports
- Special Reports
APG is ‘back’ with a €5bn affordable housing mandate
Robert-Jan Foortse tells Richard Lowe how the pension fund investor plans to unlock the housing crisis in the Netherlands
- News
Singapore’s Mapletree buys student housing platform for £1bn
Portfolio of 8,192 beds across 19 cities and operating platform sold by Cuscaden Peak Investments
- News
Primevest, MEAG and ÄVWL expand German fibre network joint venture
Open German Fiber acquires fibre-optic network in Bad Nauheim from municipal utility
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Recently completed New York office tower refinanced for more than $900m
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank provides five-year loan for 47-storey building at 425 Park Avenue
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NorthBridge surpasses target for latest value-add logistics fund
Boston-based fund manager raises close to $950m for NB Partners Fund IV
- News
StoneVest and Madison buy Berlin light industrial property as part of €150m JV
Asset acquired through a 15-year sale-and-leaseback with KWC Aquarotter
- News
Clarion acquires asset in Venlo as it deploys €222m into Dutch logistics
Patrizia sells grade-A logistics property for €47.7m
- News
ULI and LaSalle devise climate-risk action framework for real estate
Second in series of reports is designed to help real estate industry act on disclosure data