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Lou McMaster oversees and drives the integration of sustainable investing across Fiera Capital’s Private Market strategies, including real estate, infrastructure, agriculture, private credit, private equity and timberland. She supports and advises on the implementation of asset-class specific sustainability objectives. Prior to joining Fiera, Lou worked as a sustainability management consultant supporting companies and investors to drive […]

As European real estate enters into a recovery phase, there is growing curiosity about what this means for real estate debt. David Renshaw, Manging Director and Co-Head of European Real Estate Debt Strategies recently spoke with IPE Real Assets about the continuing demand for debt and observed that the impact of US tariffs on global markets […]

Against the backdrop of a higher-for-longer interest rate environment and stricter bank regulation, Fiera Real Estate’s David Renshaw and Cushman & Wakefield’s David Gingell joined Fiera’s Head of European Real Estate Charles Allen for a webinar exploring the key drivers that make European real estate debt an attractive opportunity for the long-term. Leveraging a well-established global footprint, Fiera Real Estate has recently expanded its real estate debt platform into the European market, providing a valuable diversifier for investor portfolios.

Fiera Real Estate (“Fiera”) and Wrenbridge are pleased to announce that they have secured two development facilities totalling £44.2 million from Investec to fund the development of 273,000 sq ft of Grade A, mid-box urban logistics space across two sites in Heathrow, West London, and Stevenage, Hertfordshire. The Heathrow scheme, known as Air Heathrow, is […]

European real estate debt continues to expand as a compelling asset class, driven by stricter bank regulations limiting traditional lending and a surge in borrower demand amid refinancing waves and ongoing funding gaps. This webinar explores the key drivers reshaping the European real estate debt landscape and will further touch on how this asset class can be a valuable addition to a balanced and diversified institutional investor portfolio.

Charles Allen, Head of European Real Estate, recently spoke with IREI about the rapid expansion of the UK single-family rental housing market. When the Labour party came to power in the summer of 2024 in the United Kingdom, it announced a raft of changes to the country’s planning system. It also committed to addressing housing […]

Fiera’s “Walk Together, Listen Together” charity campaign is officially live! This year, we are proud to partner with The Listening Place, a charity founded in 2016 by a group of volunteers in response to the increasing number of suicides. Since then, they have supported over 20,000 individuals struggling with suicidal thoughts, offering face-to-face appointments and based […]

Josephine Benthall, Sustainable Investing Associate, recently took part in a roundtable hosted by Greengage to discuss social sustainability, in-particular the exploration of investment in communities. The discussion highlighted the ownership and management of assets, social infrastructure, community investment programmes, and the returns and the impacts of where we chose to invest and develop.

European real estate debt continues to gain prominence among institutional investors, offering the potential for attractive risk-adjusted returns and downside protection through senior secured positions in the capital stack. While no investment is without risk, the current market dynamics present a compelling opportunity to deploy capital strategically. In this short video, David Renshaw, Managing Director & Co-Head of Fiera Real Estate’s European Debt Strategy, shares insights on where we see the most significant opportunities.

If I had to draw a line separating a ‘before’ and ‘after’ of UK real estate, it would be early in the 2010s. That feels recent for what is often described as the world’s oldest asset class, but back then the investable universe available to institutions was a slither by both scale and sophistication, to what it has now become.