Silvia Saccardi

Attacks on digital infrastructure in the Middle East were among the talking points during last week’s MIPIM conference in Cannes.

The investor is one of three Australian superannuation funds that committed $330m to the vehicle’s latest round of fundraising.

The London-headquartered manager has obtained circa €210m for the opportunistic fund and associated co-investment.

Paul Brennan, co-head of real estate at the firm, says all the European fund’s investments so far have had a credit focus.

Current geopolitical volatility presents ‘short-term pain’ for the region, said Zsolt Kohalmi, global head of real estate and co-CEO at Pictet.