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Meet the 30 biggest fundraisers in Europe’s real estate lending market.
Steve Plavin, recently appointed to lead Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies in Europe, says a wide array of funding opportunities is likely to emerge as European markets reopen.
Property finance veteran Natalie Howard is building a new credit business. She tells us why organisations like Schroders are the ‘natural fillers’ of real estate’s funding gap.
Market sources say non-bank lenders dominate the financing of such schemes as they look for returns in parts of the market underserved by traditional banks.
Following its acquisition of debt manager DRC Capital, Savills IM’s global chief executive says there is huge potential in credit strategies as banks retrench from real estate.
With the pandemic opening up secondary opportunities, the Los Angeles-based firm went on a performing loan buying spree for its $650m strategy.
An investor in each major region talks about what real estate debt means to their respective organisation.
Duncan Batty and Dan Riches will be taking on John Barakat’s role at M&G as he leaves the property lending platform he set up 12 years ago.
The report, compiled by The Business School, formerly known as Cass, reveals new UK lending dropped 23% to £33.6bn in 2020.
The Toronto-based alternative asset manager will now expand its product offerings stateside following the take-private transaction.