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The New York-based mega manager expects deployment activity to become muted but more creative dealmaking to emerge in the near term.

While a 25% currency discount is a lure for some international bargain hunters, the institutional attitude has remained largely circumspect.

As managers shift to focus on near-term challenges, sustainability and social impact goals are at risk of being deprioritised.

A report published this week by LaSalle Investment Management and the Urban Land Institute drives home that non-uniform measuring of risks is keeping institutional real estate markets ambivalent.

Birchwood Real Estate Capital is the new lender on the block. Founder Lorna Brown and director Kate Tovey tell Daniel Cunningham why being a female-led business will help the firm to stand out.

Urban locations attract Oaktree-backed lender as it seeks to deploy £500 million.

The US-based mortgage REIT has formed a joint venture with London-based Starz Real Estate to provide property loans.

The new lending platform has launched with £450m of investor capital for loans up to £20m.

The manager argued that property debt can provide investors with clear risk-adjusted value, despite enhanced lending market risk, in a new paper.

A survey by the German real assets manager shows an 18% increase in clients that demand ESG data in response to new EU targets.