US investor CarVal has teamed up with an Italian asset manager with the aim of raising €400 million to invest in loan portfolios in Italy.

Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking, through its partnership with insurer Scottish Widows, has provided a £40 million financing to specialist industrial REIT A&J Mucklow.

Allianz Real Estate has closed its first lending deal in the Spanish office market with a €155 million loan as part of a wider portfolio refinancing deal.

Isabelle Scemama, a longtime veteran of AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets, has been named its new chief executive, replacing Pierre Vaquier.

TH Real Estate has provided a circa £136 million loan to finance the purchase of a student accommodation complex in Birmingham by Unite Students and Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC.

The UK government’s plan to fix the country’s housing crisis contains some nuggets for lenders, but has failed to generate much excitement.

Pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank has written a €28 million loan for a hotel development in Hamburg.

European private equity firm AnaCap Financial Partners has bought a portfolio of loans secured by Italian property from Barclays.

HSH Nordbank has provided a loan of around €113 million to German developer Frankonia Eurobau AG to fund a residential scheme in Düsseldorf.

Investec Structured Property Finance has provided a £30 million development loan to support the construction of a residential scheme in Fulham, south west London.