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A potential collapse of China’s Evergrande is expected to have worldwide ramifications among lenders; Investec’s financing of a modular construction scheme in the UK provides a vote of confidence in the modern building method; Allianz deploys £240 million in the competitive logistics market by lending against BentallGreenOak’s development drive; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
SEGRO's green bond highlights investor demand for sustainable property debt instruments; Blackstone's fresh push into UK life sciences signals more financing possibilities ahead; M&G backs an Irish development lending programme to target an undersupplied market; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Goldman Sachs’ backing of an Irish lending drive signals institutional capital’s interest in residential; Credit Suisse Asset Management joins financial institutions aiming to build rental housing portfolios; Nuveen’s Christian Janssen explains why the company’s third UK lending strategy is targeting a market ‘sweet spot’; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
NatWest's sale of a portfolio of UK shopping centre loans proves interest in retail; Debt newcomer Tristan Capital Partners provides its first loan; Cain International provides £109 million to support the development of a London office scheme; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
BlackRock discusses how inflation impacts the use of debt secured against real assets; affiliate title PERE delves into the controversial topic of investment in single-family rental housing; Germany’s Aareal refinances a major new development in Warsaw; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Welcome to Real Estate Capital’s guide to the real estate debt advisers active in Europe today.
Despite covid, the UK debt market is well-capitalised, says Lisa Attenborough, head of debt advisory at Knight Frank.
First Growth co-founder Cyril de Romance identifies gaps in Europe’s property lending market – and tells Real Estate Capital how the advisory firm is uniquely positioned to help clients fill them.
Pfandbrief banks lead on senior lending, but demand for mezzanine, whole and bridge loans means opportunity for new entrants, say Curth-C. Flatow and Kim Jana Hesse of German debt brokerage firm FAP Finance.
Capital is being reallocated from equity investment to credit to back a new generation of alternative lenders, say Sanne’s Simon Vardon and Keith Miller, and Westfort Advisors’ Deepak Drubhra.