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Insight
The open-ended fund model is outdated
Editor: Your recent front-page story asked: “Is it the end of the road for open-ended funds?” If that is the case, it has been a slow demise.
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News
Is it the end of the road for open-ended funds?
Property finance experts believe more open-ended property funds are likely to close after M&G Investments and Canada Life Asset Management announced the termination of their vehicles.
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Goodstone Living closes £550m-plus BTR fund
Goodstone Living has closed its first UK build-to-rent (BTR) residential fund with more than £550m of investment capital.
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Newcore targets £375m equity raise for core-plus fund
Newcore Capital, the real estate investment manager that specialises in social infrastructure assets, is aiming to raise up to £375m for a new core-plus strategy via a fund to be launched by the end of this year.
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Nuveen Real Estate expands European debt team
Nuveen Real Estate has expanded its European debt team with the appointment of two new directors.
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LondonMetric sells industrial portfolio to Hines for £40.5m
LondonMetric Property has sold a portfolio of four multi-let industrial estates to Hines for £40.5m, marking its exit from operational multi-let industrial assets.
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AEW UK Impact Fund launches with £100m seed portfolio
AEW has launched it first place-based impact investing strategy with a £100m seed portfolio.
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Blackstone breaks through £1trn AUM barrier
Blackstone has become the first alternative fund manager to pass through the $1trn (£772bn) assets under management (AUM) barrier and said it still has “vast opportunity for further expansion”.
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Goldman Sachs reports real estate write-downs
Banking giant Goldman Sachs has reported a $485m (£375m) impairment due to writedowns of its real estate investments, according to the group’s second-quarter earnings.
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LendInvest posts sharp rise in managed funds but profit stalls
Mortgage platform LendInvest has increased its funds under management (FuM) by 23% in the year to the end of March, from £2.9bn to £3.6bn.
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Hines set to exceed €1.5bn target for latest fund
Global real estate investment group Hines has raised an additional €305m (£262m) of equity from institutional investors for the Hines European Value Fund 3 (HEVF 3).
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Urban Partners secures €136m first close for fourth Velo Capital fund
Urban Partners has raised €136m (£117m) in the first closing of a Northern European fund for its alternative credit adviser Velo Capital.
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Urban Splash secures £20m from Barclays
The Urban Splash Residential Fund (USR) has a secured a £20m debt facility with Barclays to support the expansion of its rental portfolio.
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First Property Group launches new loan platform
Property fund manager and investor First Property Group has launched a senior loan platform to finance and refinance commercial property.
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FDC secures £30m following year of record lending to SMEs
Frontier Development Capital (FDC) has raised a further £30m from existing investors West Midlands Pension Fund and British Business Investments after completing a record year for investment.
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LendInvest joins forces with BNP Paribas in £300m funding syndicate
Finance platform LendInvest has added BNP Paribas to its £300m financing syndicate with HSBC and Barclays Bank to support its short-term mortgages business.
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Aviva launches largest long-term asset fund
Aviva Investors has launched a long-term investment fund with an initial £1.5bn portfolio of assets seeded by Aviva UK Life.
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News
Apsley and Galliard JV secure forward funding for 628-home Birmingham BTR scheme
A joint venture (JV) between Apsley House Capital and Galliard Homes forward funded a 628-home build-to-rent (BTR) scheme in Birmingham, for an undisclosed amount.
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Fiera Real Estate launches European Debt Fund
Fiera Real Estate UK has secured £100m in seed funding for a new open-ended pan-European real estate debt fund.
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JLL and property investors quit CBI over sexual misconduct claims
A number of property groups and investors have quit the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) after more than a dozen allegations of sexual misconduct from women who worked for the body.