All articles by Richard Lowe
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AnalysisMIPIM 2025: How everything is connected to data centres
Talk in Cannes was about digital infrastructure, operational risk, AI and office retrofits
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NewsMIPIM: Geopolitics and data centres dominate talk at major investor summit
Some of the world’s largest pension, insurance and sovereign wealth funds convene in France
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AnalysisGeopolitics to top the agenda at MIPIM investor discussions
Richard Lowe speaks to major institutional investors ahead of the French summit
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Opinion PiecesIPE Real Assets March/April 2025: Predicting the unpredictable
Real estate markets seemed to finally be mounting a recovery at the end of 2024. In Europe, transaction volumes reached €55.6bn in Q4, according to MSCI – the highest quarterly figure in two years.
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NewsBlackstone still positive on data centres as infrastructure business grows 34%
Blackstone Infrastructure Partners reaches $55bn in assets under management
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NewsUK government backs expansion of Heathrow Airport
Europe’s busiest airport owned by Ardian and sovereign wealth and pension funds
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Special ReportsTop 50 natural capital investors 2025: Fertile asset class
Total assets among the largest institutional investors grows to €76bn
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Opinion PiecesIPE Real Assets January/February 2025: A year of climate and political risk?
As fires spread across the Los Angeles metropolitan area in California in early January, scientists confirmed that 2024 had been the hottest year on record
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Special ReportsTop 40 natural capital investment managers 2025: Fields, forests, fast
The convergence of large timber and agriculture specialists is helping to fuel growth
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Special ReportsPGIM: From demographics to data
After calling the bottom of the market, PGIM is focusing on demographics, digitalisation, decarbonisation – and data. Richard Lowe speaks to co-CEO Cathy Marcus
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Special ReportsBlackstone: The challenge of staying ahead of the market
James Seppala tells Richard Lowe that today’s market environment calls for conviction, scale, data and an understanding that cost of capital has changed
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Opinion PiecesIPE Real Assets November/December 2024: Geopolitics adds to market recovery complexity
This year’s PwC and Urban Land Institute (ULI) annual survey of the real estate industry shows general feelings of optimism for 2025 tempered by concerns about the economy and geopolitics.
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Special ReportsTop 150 Real Estate Investment Managers 2024: Turning a new page
Managers are positioning themselves for a recovery, but the next story of growth will be very different to the past. Richard Lowe reports
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NewsGlobal real estate’s best ‘entry point’ begins to emerge – Oxford Economics
Economic advisory firm predicts ‘window of opportunity’ over the next 12 to 18 months
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AnalysisOptimism returns to Expo Real but questions remain about market recovery
Investors in Munich try to predict the nature of the ‘next chapter’ of the asset class
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NewsUK, Australian pensions team up to push government for clean energy changes
USS, Border to Coast, NEST, Aware Super and IFM among investors proposing UK reforms
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NewsAres to acquire global arm of GLP Capital Partners for $3.7bn
Acquisition of global logistics and data centre specialist excludes Greater China business
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NewsSophie van Oosterom to head global real estate at CPP Investments
Global head of real estate at Schroders to replace Peter Ballon who left earlier this year
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Special ReportsPension Protection Fund: From ‘lifeboat fund’ to ocean liner?
The PPF, which could become bigger under UK pensions reform, is expanding and going more direct in infrastructure. Richard Lowe speaks to Alex Leonard
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Special ReportsPSP Investments: Canadian fund takes own path in global infrastructure
PSP is taking a dynamic and flexible approach as it aims to hit in C$50bn infrastructure assets. Sandiren Curthan talks to Richard Lowe
