
Anna-Marie Beal
New MSCI research published this week looks at income exposure across sectors and tenant types.
The CEO of the investment manager, which last year completed the acquisition of lender DRC Capital, sees corporate acquisitions as a growing industry trend.
The investor group wants to tap into what it believes to be stable yields as part of a broader asset allocation strategy.
The London-based manager has held a first close of £205m, raised predominantly from UK pension funds.
Although the pandemic made capital raising more complicated, the manager brought new investors into its latest debt vehicle and is now preparing a successor fund launch.
Following Starz Real Estate’s sourcing of Middle Eastern funding for its credit platform, the firm’s chief executive says the European lending market is increasingly attracting the interest of global investors.
The strategy includes margin incentives that are conditional on meeting sustainability targets.
The US-based firm sees significant mispricings that present opportunities to take short positions.
Through the new partnership, the organisations have already closed two deals, including the £251m financing of a residential development in London’s Nine Elms.
The JV marks Kayne Anderson’s first foray into the European student housing market.