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
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Special ReportsTop 100 Infrastructure Investment Managers 2024
The fund management industry has surpassed €2trn in assets under management, writes Richard Lowe
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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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There are signs that investors plan to increase investment activity after a slow 2023. Richard Lowe reports
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Robert-Jan Foortse tells Richard Lowe how the pension fund investor plans to unlock the housing crisis in the Netherlands
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Portfolio of 8,192 beds across 19 cities and operating platform sold by Cuscaden Peak Investments
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