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Topic of the week: The commercial real estate crisis in the Eurozone and financial risk

  • The price of commercial real estate in the Eurozone has dropped significantly due to the sharp increase in interest rates;
  • Structural factors are also at play with the teleworking, online commerce, and the demand for buildings with better energy efficiency;
  • The outlook, while slightly improving, remains degraded;
  • For the ECB, commercial real estate represents one of the most significant risks to financial stability in the Eurozone;
  • Its focus is on real estate investment funds, which represent 40% of the commercial real estate market;
  • In the event of market stress and significant investor redemption requests, open-ended real estate investment funds (80% of the funds) are exposed to a liquidity risk that could pose a systemic risk to the commercial real estate market and impact the financial stability of the Eurozone.

Market review: Beyond appearances

  • Fed rules out a rate hike and will slow the pace of QT;
  • Job growth and wages moderating in the US;
  • T-note yields dip below 4.50%;
  • BoJ intervenes in markets to stem yen weakness

Figure of the week

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It’s, in trillions of yen, the estimated amount of the BoJ's interventions last week (unconfirmed by it) to try to stem the yen's decline (5.5 trillion yen on April 29th and 3.5 trillion yen on May 1st).

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    Developed countries strategist

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At the start of the last quarter, equity markets continued to rise despite a turbulent environment: crisis in the Middle East, sovereign debt tensions and rise in long-term interest rates. Ostrum AM's scenario from last November is largely borne out: continued rise, volatile first half, year driven by the rebound in profits, even if the paths taken were not those anticipated.In an uncertain environment, earnings growth has become the main performance driver, while valuation multiples are contracting. The question is no longer about the direction of the markets but about the strength of the drivers: investment cycle in AI, record profitability, markets’ ability to absorb the rise in interest rates.Source: Ostrum Asset Management, October 2026. The analyses and opinions expressed in this document represent the view of the named authors. They are issued on the date indicated, are subject to change and should not be interpreted as having any contractual value. 
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