All articles by Richard Lowe
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AnalysisIPE RA Asset Owners Briefing: Going long on social infrastructure
Infrastructure investors and fund managers often profess to represent ‘long-term’ capital
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NewsReal estate owners flock to alternative platform amid Energy Star uncertainty
Measurabl sees fastest-ever adoption amid fears of end of US energy efficiency platform
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NewsScemama to lead more than €300bn of alternatives in AXA IM, BNPP AM merger
Alternatives portfolio includes real estate, infrastructure, private debt, alternative credit and private equity
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NewsPFZW takes full ownership of Amvest and 7,500 homes transfer to ASR Real Estate
Dutch institutional investors trade 50% stake in domestic real estate developer and manager
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Special ReportsJon Kelly, Blackstone: A return to ‘old-school infrastructure investing’
Blackstone is keen on European infrastructure right now. Richard Lowe speaks to Jon Kelly about the €55bn infrastructure arm’s intentions for the region
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Special ReportsTorbjorn Caeser, Actis: Why not invest in ‘most of the world’?
Investors could be missing out on the biggest opportunities by avoiding the ‘risk’ of emerging markets. Richard Lowe speaks to Torbjorn Caesar
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Opinion PiecesIPE Real Assets July/August 2025: New era of diversification vs deglobalisation?
The rise of ‘deglobalisation’ could disrupt the previously smooth trajectory of geographic diversification within infrastructure and real estate
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Special ReportsTop 100 Infrastructure Investment Managers 2025
Total AUM rises to €2.52trn and the top 10 consolidate their positions, writes Richard Lowe
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AnalysisIPE RA Asset Owners Briefing: All change at the Maple 8
Infrastructure gains, real estate challenges prompting leadership exits, rebrands
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NewsOntario Teachers sells stakes in UK airports to Macquarie
Canadian pension fund divests interests in Bristol, Birmingham and London City
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NewsSentiment towards European real estate falls despite improving performance
INREV cites ‘disconnect’ between investor sentiment and fund performance
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AnalysisIPE Real Estate Conference: Can Europe act as a global safe haven?
Live poll in Copenhagen suggests real estate investors reallocating away from US
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Special ReportsBorder to Coast Pensions: Gaining scale for real estate at the right time?
The asset manager of 11 UK local authority pension funds is preparing to expand just in time for a market recovery. Richard Lowe speaks to Alistair Smith
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Special ReportsAPG’s real estate arm seeks stability in a shifting global landscape
The Netherlands’ largest pension fund is looking to invest more in real estate this year, despite geopolitical uncertainty. Richard Lowe speaks to Rutger van der Lubbe
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Opinion PiecesIPE Real Assets May/June 2025: Still waiting for a recovery
Global real estate fundraising fell off a cliff in 2023, a year characterised by major hikes in global interest rates as central banks sought to wrestle inflation under control. Last year the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank began to bring rates back down, but this was not enough to revive capital raising.
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Special ReportsTop 150 Real Estate Investors 2025: Survey
Uncertainty – not least from global tariffs – is holding back a full-blown return to the market. Richard Lowe reports
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AnalysisNatural capital – the nexus between corporate carbon and investment
Asset class is evolving fast, just as ‘corporate money is circling’, says New Forests CEO
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NewsNew Forests launches $300m fund to help Japanese corporate meet 2030 goals
Future Forests Innovation Fund will invest globally on behalf of Oji Holdings
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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
