A lot of attention is being paid to the built environment in discussions on decarbonisation. This is because buildings account for 40% of total global energy use and emissions.
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Investing in Polish Commercial Property 3
ARTICLE ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 2018 In my last article I set out my company’s broad approach to investing in commercial property and in Poland in particular. I thought it...
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Food waste: a triple win opportunity
If food waste were a country, it would be the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases (8% of annual global greenhouse gases come from food waste).1 One-third of all food...
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Covid-19 will accelerate the evolution of business’ approach to office-based working
Social distancing has turned our lives upside down and at short notice businesses adapted to remote working, moving office life into the home. Some are beginning to speculate...
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What Schenzen taught me about interest rates
Even for the most absentminded amongst us (myself included), life offers unforgettable moments. Some are historically and globally impactful: Neil Armstrong’s ‘giant leap’, the...
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The Great Return – our NZ experience bodes well
Last month WeWork surveyed the heads of real estate from 69 global corporations asking how they envisioned the world of work in this new COVID-19 age. Three themes emerged:...
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Up to…
With a desire to both quantify and limit various aspects of private real estate funds’ risk, funds’ documentation is written so that risk is unbundled and...
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Ship owning: an investment warning?
Our insider looks at whether investing in shipping is ‘as safe as houses’.
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Thanks for the memories
UK real estate: comparing then and now.
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The Alpha Bet
One of the first things that we learn in life is the alphabet. Through it, we form words and are able to communicate with one another using a common...