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The Credit Connection: What’s Changing in Private Real Estate Finance

Anthropic Just Opened a Window Into How AI “Thinks”

Anthropic found that Claude silently recognizes that it is being evaluated on 26% of safety benchmarks and says nothing. We have always been able to see what models say. We have not been able to see what they were thinking. That just changed. There is a question every serious AI builder eventually sits with, usually after a model does something surprising: […]

Covid-19 is private RE debt’s ‘first true test’, says DWS co-head of alternatives strategy

Disciplined lending throughout the cycle should stand the non-bank lending space in good stead, according to Simon Wallace.

How the coronavirus threatens real estate finance

The covid-19 pandemic represents uncharted territory for Europe’s commercial property lenders.

Isabelle Scemama: A builder of businesses

The chief executive of AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets has risen to the top by taking on one entrepreneurial challenge after another.

Rate cuts spell long-term uncertainty for real estate

Lower-for-longer conditions are driving capital into property markets. But persistently low interest rates are also a concern for real estate investors and lenders.

AXA IM restructures to create €137bn global alternative investment platform

The European asset manager’s real assets, structured finance and hedge fund businesses will combine to form the new entity.

Debt specialists met the market’s challenges in 2019

The winners of the Real Estate Capital Awards 2019 demonstrated creativity against a backdrop of challenging market conditions.

How banks and insurers joined forces on a major Brussels loan

The deal for Finance Tower in Brussels’ central business district showed that banks and insurers can work together.