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Mathias Staudt - Principal Real Estate Europe
Why German health care properties are so interesting for investors
Pflegeversicherung (nursing care insurance) was introduced throughout Germany as a partial insurance cover in 1995. It is intended to provide security for all those in need of nursing care through physical infirmity or psychiatric changes in old... Read more
1 Jul 2020
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Coronavirus: Germany’s new local lockdown is a warning not a disaster
German authorities have had to take the difficult decision of reimposing a pandemic lockdown in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia after a resurgence of the coronavirus. This comes after the country’s R number, a measure of how quickly new cases... Read more
30 Jun 2020
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Why the coronavirus crisis is still a moment of opportunity for the European Union
The COVID-19 pandemic is first and foremost a public health crisis with multiple ramifications for the whole world. Read more
15 Jun 2020
EPA/Andreas Gora
How politicians talk about coronavirus in Germany, where war metaphors are avoided
Many political leaders around the world have reached for the imagery of conflict to describe the coronavirus pandemic. In France, President Emmanuel Macron said his nation was at war with an invisible enemy. Over in the US, President Donald Trump... Read more
26 May 2020
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Working from home? Why detachment is crucial for mental health
As an academic who regularly worked from home in the days before coronavirus, my friends often joked about what they imagined my daily routine might be (such as enjoying a morning gin and not changing out of my pyjamas). But as many people now... Read more
6 May 2020
EBZ
Student Accomodation
Private student accomodation has been much in demand over the last few years - by investors, and not least by the students themselves. Tight housing markets generally were partly responsible for driving students out of the classical housing... Read more
5 May 2020
EPA
The whole idea of global value chains will be reconsidered after coronavirus
In 2015 the Cameron government struck an unprecedented deal with French and Chinese companies to build a nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in Somerset, south-west England. The deal now looks like the high point in the UK’s embrace of... Read more
28 Apr 2020
FAL
Green zones: a mathematical proposal for how to exit from the COVID-19 lockdown
The COVID-19 pandemic has put the world to the test. Never before have we been so aware of the many ways we come into contact with innumerable others. We have been forced to reassess and retrain common habits, from the handshake to the simple act... Read more
17 Apr 2020
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The more technology, the more personal
Anyone who invests in hotel real estate does not necessarily have to be courageous, but knowledgeable. The sector demands more from investors than, for example, an investment in residential property. They must have detailed operational knowledge... Read more
14 Apr 2020
RLI Investors
Property portfolio: massive reallocation of capital to logistics properties anticipated
For decades, 30% – and rising – of institutional capital in the USA has been invested in the “industrial sector”. The majority of this is attributable to logistics. In Germany, the share of capital allocated to logistics properties is currently at... Read more
14 Apr 2020
