Investors

The real assets business of the $9trn manager is targeting junior lending opportunities in Western European markets.

The manager’s head of real estate debt investment research argues several factors are drawing investors to the asset class.

Iryna Pylypchuk, research specialist at industry body INREV, says demand for real estate credit shows no signs of slowing.

The Monaco and London-based manager is understood to have begun fundraising for its third property lending vehicle.

James Jacobs, head of real estate for Lazard’s private capital advisory group, says the easing of restrictions on both sides of the Atlantic is changing institutions’ appetite for risk.

The latest real estate institutional investor survey by placement agent Probitas Partners demonstrates tumbling appetite for office investments and competition fears.

Throughout the pandemic, investors have continued to seek access to property lending strategies with varying risk profiles.

Inflation fears are back but mitigating forces should not be underestimated, says Jose Luis Pellicer, head of investment strategy and research at M&G Real Estate.

An investor in each major region talks about what real estate debt means to their respective organisation.

The Canadian pension investor’s expansion efforts including doubling its lending book in the coming years.