Investors must recognise the infinite benefits of leading from the front
Investors must recognise the infinite benefits of leading from the front This document is a marketing communication. Last month, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) added 27 signatories to its Stewardship...
Pan-European Real Estate Credit An Immediate, Compelling and Expanding Investment Opportunity
A whole loan real estate credit strategy provides investors with a compelling and sustainable long-term investment thesis. Supported by an existing €1.6 trillion market, real estate credit looks particularly attractive...
Are offsets increasingly off-putting?
The voluntary carbon market worldwide is growing. According to a report from Boston Consulting Group, it reached an estimated $2bn worldwide last year and is set to expand a further...
Can we have our nature and nurture it, too?
There are several reasons why institutional investors should consider natural capital as part of their approach to portfolio diversification. Aside from the observation that agriculture and timberland have outperformed global...
Changing Market Outlook: Opportunity Amid Uncertainty
As we move into the second half of 2023 and the start of my second year as Head of European Real Estate at Fiera, it is an interesting moment to...
Fiera Real Estate launches debut European debt fund
Fiera Real Estate has launched its debut European debt fund, Fiera European Real Estate Debt, six months after establishing a real estate credit platform targeting the region, PERE has learned.
ESG Report 2022
As stewards of our clients' capital, it is our responsibility to ensure that we use our innovation, influence and privilege to drive positive environmental and social change in a fair...
Debt team sit down with Private Debt Investor
European property developers are looking for more flexible forms of finance, which plays to the strength of private debt, say Fiera Real Estate’s David Renshaw and Richard Howe.
LGPS & NZC: Seizing the Initiative
The acronym NZC, or Net Zero Carbon, was little known to investment professionals 10 years ago but ignorance to its meaning and importance today would doom any manager to extinction....
ESG - It's Not a Compromise
If the last few years are anything to go by, it looks as though we’re in for another ESG-focused year, with continued pressure placed on investment managers to meet increasing...
Happy New Year? 5 Reasons to be Cheerful for UK Long Income Real Estate Investors in 2023
2022 was a game of two halves for the UK commercial real estate market. By late spring, dark clouds were looming but no one could have realistically foreseen the chaos...
Our 2035 Corporate Pathway To Net Zero Carbon
We are pleased to announce our pathway to becoming a Net Zero Carbon business by 2035, one of the most ambitious targets in the UK real estate market. We recognise...
9 reasons to invest in UK long income real estate
The Fiera Real Estate Long Income Fund, FRELIF, is an open-ended real estate investment fund that launched in 2009 which focuses on acquiring assets with a core risk profile. Take...
The appeal of UK core long-income real estate investing
Key Takeaways • Strong inflation protection via lease indexation• Proven liability matching and low volatility• Out-performance versus other asset classes across all time series• Driving positive change towards a low...
Commercial real estate and inflation: is it really a good hedge?
Written by Rupert Sheldon, Head of Core REIM It is a long-held belief that real assets generally and commercial real estate more specifically, represent a good hedge against inflation. Well,...
The devil's in the data
Author: Frankie Demetriades, Associate Director, ESG Collecting ESG data is imperative for businesses looking to create a pathway to Net Zero Carbon, and the conversation around data sharing between landlords...
ESG investing: breaking through the noise
Written by Jessica Pilz, Global Head of ESG at Fiera Real Estate. Over the past few years, we have experienced an evolution in the importance of Environmental, Social and Governance...
Fiera Real Estate UK Corporate ESG Update (EU)
At Fiera Real Estate, we are dedicated to integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues within our investment management processes. We believe that we have a responsibility to our investors...
Fiera Real Estate UK Corporate ESG Update (UK)
At Fiera Real Estate, we are dedicated to integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues within our investment management processes. We believe that we have a responsibility to our investors...
FRELIF UK Net Zero Carbon Pathway Document
Fiera Real Estate UK (“FRE UK”), on behalf of the Fiera Real Estate Long Income Fund UK (“FRELIF UK”), has today published its net zero carbon pathway which sets out...
Fiera Real Estate Long Income Fund ESG Brochure
At Fiera Real Estate (“FRE”), we recognise the critical role we play in transitioning to a low carbon, more sustainable and equitable world. As stewards of our client’s capital, it...
FREOF V Closing Highlights
The Fiera Real Estate Opportunity Fund V (“FREOF V”) has reached its final close with £180m. FREOF V is the fifth and largest Fund in the Firm’s value add series...
Fiera Real Estate ESG Report 2021
Over the past year we have experienced an evolution in the importance of Environmental, Social and Governance ("ESG") issues, both by the business and wider society. Once perceived as a...
Fiera Real Estate UK ESG Investment Update (EU)
At Fiera Real Estate UK, we believe that the built environment represents a major solution to achieving a 1.5° aligned world in a fair and just way. It is this...
Fiera Real Estate UK ESG Investment Update (UK)
At Fiera Real Estate UK, we believe that the built environment represents a major solution to achieving a 1.5° aligned world in a fair and just way. It is this...
The Role of Private Alternatives in Hedging Inflation
A Closer Look at Infrastructure, Real Estate, and Agriculture. Investors have given little thought to inflation until recently as it has remained largely in check even though the 2008 financial...
Fund operations of tomorrow - How CFOs and COOs are investing for future success
Emma Cullen, Chief Operating Officer at Fiera Real Estate joined AREF, in partnership with Aztex Group to bring their latest research report which launched at their event at Bloomsbury Hotel...
Fiera Capital's 2020 Responsible Investment Report
Fiera Capital has recently released their Responsible Investment Report showing how they have continued to develop their responsible investment solutions to help clients meet their own sustainability goals. Foreword by...
The Appeal of UK Core Long-Income Commercial Real Estate Investing: An Attractive Alternative to Traditional Liability Matching
The UK investor has few choices to deliver income that can meet their long-term needs. Despite having less liquidity, private markets, and more specifically real estate, might be the best...
Planet Mark Accreditation - Fiera Real Estate UK's Carbon Footprint
Fiera Real Estate has achieved the Planet Mark Year 2020 Business Certification. The firm announced that it had partnered with Planet Mark earlier this year to better understand the business’s...
Fiera Real Estate UK ESG Brochure
Climate change represents one of the greatest challenges of our time. In 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned us that to meet the ambitions laid out in...
Why UK Real Estate Whitepaper
On the anniversary of the first UK COVID-19 lockdown, we are reminded of Karl Marx’s quote that “there are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.”...
Fiera Real Estate ESG Report 2020
The events of the past year have led to unprecedented times that continue to change rapidly month to month. While it is unclear how long the COVID-19 pandemic will last,...
Private Alternatives Outlook 2021: The New Normal?
There are many words to describe financial markets in 2020, but “normal” certainly is not one of them. Equity markets the world over were rattled by the imminent slowdown in...
Value creation in a transitional market (EU)
Foreword by Chris Button, Head of UK Value Add REIM, Fiera Real Estate Leo Tolstoy wrote in War and Peace that “the two most powerful warriors are patience and time”....
Value creation in a transitional market (UK)
Foreword by Chris Button, Head of UK Value Add REIM, Fiera Real Estate Leo Tolstoy wrote in War and Peace that “the two most powerful warriors are patience and time”....
UK Core Long-Income Commercial Real Estate
FOREWORD by Rupert Sheldon, Head of Core REIM UK Defined Benefit (“DB”) Pension Schemes in the UK have traditionally sought to generate required levels of investment return via investing across...
The Appeal of Post-Brexit Britain to Real Estate Investors
FOREWORD by Alex Price, CEO, Fiera Real Estate UK Every modern British political generation has faced crises, from Churchill (World War II) to Macmillan (Suez) to Thatcher (The Falkland’s) to...
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...
