2009 Insights

Through the Looking Glass

A year after the fall of Lehman Brothers the world looked very different. A group of 80 senior investors, financiers and real estate operators gathered to discuss the future of real estate finance and investment and prospects for the CEE markets at Ale Gloria restaurant in Warsaw, with the over-riding message by Michael Kroeger of Helaba that debt finance would be constrained for some time to come as “the casino was not yet open.” – Read more

Tropical Storm 2

The business world was still in a state of shock in February 2009 in the wake of the global economic meltdown of 2008, governments and global financial institutions were still frantically seeking ways to prop up the financial markets and real estate investment volumes had plummeted – Read more