Real Estate

Barings Targets Europe Deals With €2BN of Dry Powder

May 2026 – 5 min read

Barings is preparing for Europe’s next real estate cycle with c.€2bn of equity capital to deploy, focusing on residential and logistics where fundamentals remain strong. As values reprice and supply stays constrained, the firm sees growing opportunity for disciplined, selective deployment across Europe.

Barings is entering Europe’s next real estate cycle with roughly €2bn of equity capital to deploy, positioning itself to capitalise on a market that has repriced enough to unlock opportunity – even as geopolitical uncertainty clouds the recovery.

Speaking to Green Street News in a joint interview, Nick Pink, head of European real estate equity; Jorge Zawerthal Duarte, head of portfolio management, European real estate; and Matthew McBride, senior director and portfolio manager for the European closed-end value-add real estate fund series, outlined Barings’ investment strategy for the coming months.

The US investment manager closed 16 deals last year and allocated €1.1bnacross its real estate equity mandates and strategies, despite repeated macroeconomic and political shocks derailing the rebound.

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Nick Pink

Head of European Real Estate Equity
Headshot of Jeorge Duarte smiling at the camera.

Jorge Duarte

Head of Portfolio Management, European Real Estate Equity

Matthew McBride

Portfolio Manager, European Value Add

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