Investors

Strong institutional demand for more risk plays into the hands of non-bank property lenders.

Investing in real assets has become increasingly popular, and debt funds that provide financing for real assets projects are no exception.

The mandate will establish an evergreen fund to invest in a wide variety of debt instruments including real estate debt.

The pension fund, among others, is concerned about the additional risks managers in the strategy are taking in order to meet higher return targets.

Nest is targeting 5% of its £8bn in assets for private debt investments as it takes it first steps into private markets.

AEW's analysis of 970 European real estate loans written since 2003 demonstrates a widening range of pricing as the market has developed.

Christian Aufsatz, head of European structured finance at rating agency DBRS, expects market dynamics to support a continued revival of Europe’s commercial real estate securitisation market.

The region’s investors contemplate to increase allocations more than their counterparts elsewhere, a survey from INREV, ANREV, and PREA shows.

As Barings Real Estate moves to expand its European lending activities, it plans to raise capital from outside its parent company’s resources.