IPE Real Assets Special Reports
Browse the latest rankings of investors and managers for the real estate and infrastructure sectors, plus all IPE Real Assets’ special reports on essential industry topics
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Special ReportsStudent housing: Supplying a $1trn global higher education industry
Higher education is booming, and student housing has a crucial role to play amid fierce competition. Christopher Walker reports
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Special ReportsEuropean student housing deals hit €10.5bn
Report from Bonard highlights global macro conditions supporting sector
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Special ReportsGlobal Student Accommodation: Going global, navigating local
James Hunt, global head of real estate at GSA, tells Christopher Walker how the global operator is tackling a much more challenging environment across all markets
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Special ReportsAsia-Pacific student housing: East, west, close to home could be best
As Western doors narrow for foreign students, Asia is looking to build its own higher education offering, including housing. Florence Chong reports
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Special ReportsUS student housing: Athletic asset class
US student housing has shown its strength in recent years, particularly among ‘Power Four’ markets. But could a decline in enrolments spell weaker performance? Christopher Walker reports
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Special ReportsUK student housing: A market that calls for careful study
Demand for UK student housing still outstrips supply – but not in all cities. Investors also face mounting challenges. Christopher Walker reports
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Special ReportsEuropean student housing: supply falls into the red
The property industry is failing to keep up with growing student demand in the region. Does this spell risk or opportunity for investors? Christopher Walker investigates
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Special ReportsAP2: Nature as a cross-cutting financial factor
AP2 has embedded natural capital across its entire portfolio, using it to underpin its strategy for risk management, due diligence and engagement with investee companies
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Special ReportsGRESB in an age of ‘green hushing’
Christopher Walker talks to GRESB about managing and developing a sustainability benchmark during a time of shifting sentiments towards ESG
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Special ReportsNatural capital comes of age
Beyond forestry and farms: Investors increasingly recognise the potential for positive environmental and social impact alongside financial return
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Special ReportsBNP Paribas AM: A story of organic and inorganic growth
BNP Paribas Asset Management enters the top 20 following the merger of two growing natural capital investment platforms
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Special ReportsBCI: A long-view, cycle-led approach to natural capital
British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) has been active in the natural capital space for two decades with an approach focused on long-term stewardship, cycle-aware deployment and respect for local realities
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Special ReportsUK institutional investors embrace a new nature-based asset class
Lauren Mills explores the growing concept of ‘nature as infrastructure’
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Special ReportsPhysical climate risk moves centre stage for real assets
Once the preserve of insurers and climate modelling specialists, physical risk analysis is fast becoming embedded in institutional investors’ acquisition, underwriting and asset management processes.
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Special ReportsCampbell Global: Extracting value from every timber fibre
Campbell Global has doubled its assets under supervision over the past four years, in a sign that timberland has come of age
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Special ReportsOxygen Conservation: Poised for a step change
Oxygen Conservation is convinced that buying land for large-scale nature restoration is on the verge of a golden age as institutional investors discover the opportunity
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Special ReportsThe nuclear comeback and its role in energy transition strategies
Nuclear is suddenly back in vogue, but can – and should – it play a role in institutional portfolios? Christopher Walker reports
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Special ReportsKeeping on track with energy transition infrastructure
Investment in clean-energy infrastructure is going strong, but staying on the path to net zero could be tricky, finds Christopher Walker
