Insurers Shift Real Estate Investments from Offices to Warehouses July 17, 2020 By Suzanne Barlyn Global insurers want to increase investments in commercial warehouses as their stakes in office space become riskier because of employees...
AXA Real Estate Unit Confident About Its London Skyscraper, Despite Brexit Uncertainty January 31, 2019 By Jack Sidders It was a tricky time for the commercial real estate business in London. Within days, Britons would be voting on...
Aon Acquires Real Estate Investment Advisor Townsend Group January 2, 2018 Insurance brokerage and consultant Aon has completed its acquisition of The Townsend Group, a global investment management and advisory services...
China’s Anbang Eyes $2.3B Purchase of Japanese Property Assets: Sources November 21, 2016 By Junko Fujita China’s Anbang Insurance Group Co. is in talks to buy as much as $2.3 billion in Japanese residential property assets...
China’s Anbang Insurance Set to Buy Toronto Tower for at Least $395M: Source November 17, 2016 By Katia Dmitrieva China’s Anbang Insurance Group Co. is set to purchase an office and retail tower in downtown Toronto that counts the...
Post-Brexit-Vote Property Panic Could Hit Bank, Insurer Investments July 8, 2016 By John O'Donnell and Lawrence White The run on British property funds has drawn attention to the vulnerability of the commercial real estate sector, largely funded...
Allianz Set to Begin $3.3B Asia Property Push over Next 3 Years June 30, 2016 By Dalia Fahmy and Oliver Suess Allianz Real Estate is set to make its biggest Asian investment to date, in a first step toward adding as...
AXA Awaits Result of Brexit Vote Before Building London’s Tallest Tower June 21, 2016 By Dalia Fahmy AXA SA’s real estate unit is awaiting the outcome of the Brexit referendum before deciding whether to proceed with a...
Zurich Insurance to Offer Direct Lending in Europe to Boost Returns December 16, 2014 By Carolyn Bandel Zurich Insurance Group AG, Switzerland’s largest insurer, is about to make its first investments in European direct lending, including infrastructure...
Olympics: What Do You Do with a Mountain Resort with Games Gone? February 25, 2014 By David Ljunggren and Olga Petrova Stanislav Kuznetsov has a headache like no other: it measures 780,000 square metres and covers a large expanse of Russian...