All articles by Richard Lowe
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Special Reports
PGIM: 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 Reports
Blackstone: 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 Pieces
IPE 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 Reports
Top 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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News
Global 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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Analysis
Optimism 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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News
UK, 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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News
Ares 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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News
Sophie 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 Reports
Pension 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 Reports
PSP 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
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Special Reports
APG plans to expand allocation by investing in ‘tomorrow’s infrastructure’
Jan-Willem Ruisbroek tells Richard Lowe how APG will use its new allocation to build the infrastructure of tomorrow
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Analysis
The UK seeks to ignite a ‘big bang’ and adopt the ‘Canadian model’
Will a ‘big bang’ pensions reform enable the UK to adopt the ‘Canadian model’ and direct billions of pounds into infrastructure? Christopher Walker and Richard Lowe, report
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Opinion Pieces
IPE Real Assets September/October 2024: Investors feel the heat from politics
Political and regulatory risk rises up the agenda for infrastructure investors
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News
IPE RA Infra Conference: Political risk tempers trillion dollar opportunities
Munich delegates learn how infrastructure has performed but political risk is complicating energy transition
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News
Real estate association INREV announces new CEO
Successor to Lonneke Löwik to take over from interim CEO Jeff Rupp in October
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News
AXA IM-BNP Paribas merger to take real assets AUM to more than €120bn
French insurer AXA to sell investment management business to banking group in €5.1bn deal
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News
Real estate industry welcomes UK ambitions to build 1.5m homes
Housing minister Angela Rayner introduces changes to National Planning Policy Framework
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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
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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