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Unlocking Place-based Impact at Every Stage of Development
The UK is experiencing a shortage of quality rental housing for middle‑income earners, while households need places that are affordable, high‑quality and energy‑efficient.
Our latest white paper, created alongside Akerlof, explores how place-based impact investing can help close this gap when impact is embedded from design through to delivery, enabling investors to drive meaningful change whilst generating strong returns.
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Global Mid-Market Infrastructure White Paper
FOREWORD by Ciaran Henry, Fiera Capital The outcomes from investing in mid-market infrastructure are ideally placed to respond to the financial circumstances of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) where funding levels are relatively high, fund maturity is increasing and pension benefits are explicitly linked to (CPI) inflation. The reasons for this assertion are threefold. Firstly, […]
Finzels Reach, Bristol
Cubex alongside Fiera Real Estate started regeneration work at Finzels Reach in 2012 when the team stepped in to develop the site after a previous attempt went into receivership. The first phase of Finzels Reach is already home to high quality homes, modern sustainable office space and a 168-bedroom Premier Inn hotel, with a micro-brewery, further cafes and restaurant in the pipeline. The creation of the first phase of Finzels Reach on Bristol’s famous Floating Harbour has breathed new life into the medieval heart of the city, with the former […]
Resi Promoters’ Chance to Thrive in a Tightening Playing Arena
Consultation has now closed on the government’s revised National Planning Policy Framework (“NPPF”) – opportunity awaits those that know the new rules of the jungle. Michael Gove MP set the start of March as the deadline for comments on the proposed changes to the NPPF and longer-term aspects of the reform agenda. The NPPF is […]




LGPS & NZC: Seizing the Initiative