Investors

Lenders will ‘become less paternalistic and maternalistic’, said the firm’s head of UK and European commercial research.

Panellists at CREFC Europe’s Autumn Conference said lenders with available capital are keen to close deals.

The firm’s co-founder says fundraising in today’s market requires more effort than three or four years ago.

The €499m bond, due to mature in October, was restructured with the help of a €100m loan from majority shareholder Apollo.

In its latest foray into European real estate debt, the investor has committed to a living sector financing strategy.

The special servicer has accepted a bid for the underlying assets, which were hit by the crisis in UK retail.

The US bank’s alternative investment arm has held a final close on its latest debt fund and related vehicles.

The sovereign wealth fund has made a commitment to the ninth vintage of the manager’s flagship real estate credit strategy.

The big opportunity, managers argue, is in real estate credit. But while many investors’ attention has pivoted to the asset class, their capital is yet to follow.

Eighty-four percent of respondents to a survey by the organisation expect to increase allocations to credit.