OREANDA-NEWS. Fitch Ratings is holding a teleconference on European real asset funds on Tuesday 27 January at 15:00 GMT.

Fitch is seeing an increasing number of funds and other non-bank vehicles being used to attract institutional capital to fund real assets such as commercial real estate, infrastructure, project finance and others. In Europe, in particular, a notable funding gap exists for longer-term, real assets due to a pullback by banks and the only gradual return of CMBS. For further details, see a recently published special report 'European Funds Discover Real Assets', which is available on www.fitchratings.com.

The teleconference will be chaired by Alastair Sewell, CFA, Senior Director and Regional Head of the Fund & Asset Manager Rating Group EMEA and Asia-Pacific.

Key discussion points will include:

- Drivers of funding market changes
- Real asset fund characteristics
- Unique risks and rating considerations