Allianz Real Estate, the property arm of global insurer Allianz Group, has seen its European debt portfolio grow to €10.6 bn in assets under management as at the end of 2020, up by around 15% year-on-year.
The firm delivered €1.9 bn in new investments across the year, with capital deployed by its Luxembourg-based European debt fund, Parec, increasing to more than €4 bn, up by a third, the firm said.
Aviva Investors has set aside a billion pounds to finance sustainable real estate investments over the next four years
The £355bn (€385.6bn) global asset management business of insurer Aviva has announced a commitment to originating £1bn in the sustainable transition real estate debt.
Alternative asset manager Cheyne Capital Management (UK) LLP (Cheyne Capital) has provided a EUR96 million senior loan to finance the refurbishment of a large office building in Paris, France.
This investment marks the latest stage in the growth of Cheyne’s French lending platform, which has originated EUR450 million in the past 18 months.
PGIM Real Estate continued to build its European senior loan portfolio in the logistics and industrial sectors, providing financing for three separate portfolios across the UK and Continental Europe, in the fourth quarter of this year.
PGIM Real Estate is the real estate investment and financing business of PGIM, the USD1.4 trillion global investment management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).
Debt vehicles deliver robust performance. Investors and managers target multi-country and senior debt strategies
17 November 2020, Amsterdam – Non-listed real estate debt products continue to attract attention from institutional investors and investment managers, with a record high of €32 billion raised globally in 2019, according to the INREV Debt Vehicles Universe 2020 study*.
Invesco Real Estate has taken over the European real estate debt business of GAM Investments, giving the fund manager global lending capabilities.
A seven-strong team, led by Andrew Gordon, have been transferred from GAM to Invesco, along with a US$300m (€250m) of assets held in two funds and a separate account.
The acquisition adds to Invesco real estate debt businesses in the US and Asia-Pacific, and comes amid efforts at GAM to reduce staff and costs.
LaSalle Investment Management’s fourth European real estate debt fund has so far raised €435m and is on track to reach its €1bn fundraising target, the manager said.
LaSalle said the capital raised by the LaSalle Real Estate Debt Strategies IV (LREDS IV) fund at the first close was received from both existing and new clients, made up of pension funds and insurance companies across Europe and Asia.
The previous fund, LREDS III, exceeded its initial £750m target to raise over £800m of commitments in 2017.
PGIM Real Estate has expanded its European senior loan portfolio with the provision of €161m to finance two portfolios in the Netherlands.
The real estate manager has provided a €56m for the acquisition and refinance of seven logistics assets and €105m to refinance the development of a private rented sector (PRS) portfolio owned by Foolen & Reijs Vastgoedgroep.
The PRS development loan is a co-investment between PGIM Real Estate and ABN Amro, who also arranged the loan.
Allianz Real Estate has expanded its European debt portfolio with the provision of a £400m (€440m) loan in London, in a deal which represents the manager’s largest single-loan debt transaction in Europe.
The manager, through its Luxembourg-based debt fund PAREC, has financed a 630,000sqft portfolio of five central London offices owned by Lazari Investments.
The deal is the first transaction between Allianz and the Lazari and Allianz’s seventh debt transaction in London and it is the third since it opened its London office in June last year.