Insurers

The European asset manager’s real assets, structured finance and hedge fund businesses will combine to form the new entity.

The Munich-based insurance powerhouse is moving its Allianz Real Estate platform into its PIMCO asset management business.

The deal for Finance Tower in Brussels’ central business district showed that banks and insurers can work together.

Lending organisations have become more focused on retaining property debt specialists, according to a recent compensation survey compiled exclusively for Real Estate Capital by executive search firm Sousou Partners.

Stories about non-bank lenders and non-traditional asset classes were among the most popular of the year.

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Since mid-2018, the German insurer has deployed €1.5bn of debt through its Luxembourg platform.

While traditional lenders dominate the market, debt funds can find opportunities in the development and mezzanine space.

The real estate investment group of the German insurer saw its RE debt assets under management drop from €19.3bn in 2018 to €18.9bn in H1 2019.