When considering Sousou Partners’ recent Real Estate Debt Compensation Study and the associated hiring spree of 2021/2022, coupled with the reported outsized pay increases provided by certain members of the lending community, it’s important to consider a few reasons why? We believe our readers care about where we’re going as well as from where we came from, so we hope this helps.
The recent anniversaries of the first Covid lockdowns in Europe and the war in Ukraine are sobering reminders of the challenges we have all faced over the last few years. Many of us in the real estate industry have experienced the first major downturn of our careers, with instability in capital markets causing new deals to grind to a halt ...
Today, we find the world still facing significant headwinds with CRE pricing reset 25% to 30%, sluggish GDP, increasing interest rates and lacklustre employment. Some pundits are beginning to utter the ‘s-word’, stagflation. As defined, it seems clear that most major economies are in or are headed towards stagflation ...
Whilst Europe was on holiday this summer, you could be forgiven for thinking the world was falling apart. The macro picture went from bad to catastrophic as spiraling inflation (the worst in Europe for decades) and in turn, the “cost of living” became a nightmare across the continent and indeed globally.
The hospitality sector is a passion for many people, and it offers the opportunity to develop new skills, build relationships and provide rewarding employment. Hospitality plays an important role in promoting economic development and prosperity in communities all over the world and the focus on eco-tourism drives a complex balance between ensuring long-term sustainability and maximising economic returns.
As more and more countries around the world lift Covid restrictions and return to the ‘new normal’, the working from home debate is intensifying. The topic has been highlighted in recent weeks, in both the public and private sectors, with the issue becoming increasingly divisive. Whilst employees have generally enjoyed the flexibility that has been afforded to them over the last two years ...
Barely three months into 2022 and the big gulp of fresh air that is (what feels like) the end of a pandemic has been cut mid-breath and taken over by the Ukraine crisis that is having us grapple ever more with our deepest most primal fears and needs for safety, security and sanity. As Ukrainians worldwide experience unspeakable injustice and suffering, what this war will mean to us as individuals, businesses, and humanity at large will be determined by our actions and reactions.
After two decades of exclusively focusing on the Real Assets industry through talent advisor, we find ourselves in an opportune position of having significant and timely intelligence on the industry. We have been communicating much of our knowledge through our search assignments and platform introduction activity but find that we can do better at collating relevant information. Hence the Round-Up.
