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Germany’s ‘decade of real estate’ is over. That might not spell disaster

The scars of the global financial crisis are yet to fully heal in Germany’s commercial real estate market. That might be its saving grace this time around.

By: Claire Jones

The hidden leverage in the UK’s commercial property sector

Fitch points out an intriguing development in the market.

By: Thomas Hale

Climate change: the CMBS angle

When the levee breaks.

By: Jamie Powell

Structured finance and the slow death of retail

Three retail property deals have defaulted since the start of 2018.

By: Thomas Hale

Oxford & Legal & General, the real estate play

  1. Education in the Age of Finance, redux
  2. Unite: a test case for corporate rent
  3. Shut down the internet, student housing edition
  4. The private education risk premium
  5. University debts and “restrictive” tuition fees
  6. Why are private school fees so high?
  7. A Plymouth student property proposition
  8. Educational exports: the story so far
  9. How Lloyds got burnt by a for-profit education deal
  10. A casualty in the education marketplace
  11. Connecting an Australian private equity buyout to Swansea University
  12. How a £100m student accommodation scheme went wrong
  13. Alpha Plus is still losing money
  14. Students as a commodity, Sino-US trade war edition
  15. What the bond market thinks about the prospect of a university crisis
  16. How the forces of finance fund MBAs
  17. Introducing the shadow education sector
  18. Why US investors are betting on European student accommodation
  19. The Alpha Plus pension problem
  20. The rise of educational forgery

A £4bn partnership to build thousands of homes.

By: Thomas Hale

WeWork: leaser of last resort

How real-estate investors are pinning their hopes on WeWork, Birmingham edition.

By: Jamie Powell

Why US investors are betting on European student accommodation

  1. Education in the Age of Finance, redux
  2. Unite: a test case for corporate rent
  3. Shut down the internet, student housing edition
  4. The private education risk premium
  5. University debts and “restrictive” tuition fees
  6. Why are private school fees so high?
  7. A Plymouth student property proposition
  8. Educational exports: the story so far
  9. How Lloyds got burnt by a for-profit education deal
  10. A casualty in the education marketplace
  11. Connecting an Australian private equity buyout to Swansea University
  12. How a £100m student accommodation scheme went wrong
  13. Oxford & Legal & General, the real estate play
  14. Alpha Plus is still losing money
  15. Students as a commodity, Sino-US trade war edition
  16. What the bond market thinks about the prospect of a university crisis
  17. How the forces of finance fund MBAs
  18. Introducing the shadow education sector
  19. The Alpha Plus pension problem
  20. The rise of educational forgery

If you build it, they will come.

By: Thomas Hale

Splashing in the WeWork waterfall

Splashing in the WeWork waterfall

By: Jamie Powell

Britain's first blockchain-enabled co-working space isn't blockchain-enabled

  1. Once again Kodak pivots, and the share price explodes
  2. Blockchain: it really is a tough sell
  3. Sterling has not become an emerging market currency
  4. Jeff Ubben/ESG: flip flop
  5. Is this the nuttiest risk factor of all time?
  6. The tech start-up that wants to “validate” the female orgasm
  7. It’s a great time for conspiracy theories to thrive
  8. Let’s call Trump out, but let’s get our facts straight too
  9. Today, in efficient markets
  10. We can’t blame all the indirect health damage on the lockdown
  11. Weirdly, blockchain can’t help combat coronavirus 
  12. Leading ‘UK’ start-ups want a handout too
  13. China’s PMI print doesn’t mean much
  14. Let’s flatten the coronavirus confusion curve
  15. NMC Health: presented without comment
  16. When “commission-free trading” isn’t (really) free
  17. Michael Milken: financial innovator
  18. Oh no, the death-techers are coming
  19. Bitcoin’s “halvening” won’t boost its price 
  20. CEO of JPM, recipient of $bns in state aid, bashes socialism
Britain's first blockchain-enabled co-working space isn't blockchain-enabled

By: Jemima Kelly

The WeWork Garden of Eden

  1. Once again Kodak pivots, and the share price explodes
  2. Blockchain: it really is a tough sell
  3. Sterling has not become an emerging market currency
  4. Jeff Ubben/ESG: flip flop
  5. Is this the nuttiest risk factor of all time?
  6. The tech start-up that wants to “validate” the female orgasm
  7. It’s a great time for conspiracy theories to thrive
  8. Let’s call Trump out, but let’s get our facts straight too
  9. Today, in efficient markets
  10. We can’t blame all the indirect health damage on the lockdown
  11. Weirdly, blockchain can’t help combat coronavirus 
  12. Leading ‘UK’ start-ups want a handout too
  13. China’s PMI print doesn’t mean much
  14. Let’s flatten the coronavirus confusion curve
  15. NMC Health: presented without comment
  16. When “commission-free trading” isn’t (really) free
  17. Michael Milken: financial innovator
  18. Oh no, the death-techers are coming
  19. Bitcoin’s “halvening” won’t boost its price 
  20. CEO of JPM, recipient of $bns in state aid, bashes socialism
The WeWork Garden of Eden

By: Jemima Kelly and Jamie Powell

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