By Palash Ghosh - All but one of the 100 largest ESG funds by asset size - comprising equity and fixed-income mutual funds and exchange-traded funds - posted negative returns for the year ended Oct. 31; however, on average, these funds still outperformed their benchmarks by 1.1 percentage points.

Press Release - The Leisure & Restaurants Team at real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield, led by Matt Ashman, Megan Hutchinson and Matt Englender, has been appointed by The Crown Estate to advise on the Hospitality and Leisure aspects of its London portfolio.This appointment swiftly follows the announcement that the firm is to provide retail...

Media Article - According to sources at Bloomberg, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) is looking to buy a stake in cooling system provider Saudi Tabreed for around $250 million. The company is a local division of UAE-listed National Central Cooling.

By Yuki Li - Hong Kong is leading Asia's environmental, social and governance (ESG) journey in the real estate sector with three companies in the territory topping research firm Sustainalytics' list of firms with negligible ESG risk, followed by regional counterpart Japan with two. Singapore, the region's other major financial hub, had zero.

By Elliot Gulliver-Needham - The Infrastructure India trust has seen net asset value climb to £194.1m, a 15% increase from March after the trust's NAV dropped by 36% in the first half of the year.

By Toby Radcliffe - The concept of Net zero carbon (NZC) is changing the UK real estate industry. The regulatory environment, customer pressure and the weight of green money are all pushing the industry towards lower carbon emissions. This is changing the way we invest in, construct and occupy real estate.