Private market investment funds have been growing quickly in Europe. According to a 2026 study by Scope Fund Analysis, the European Long-Term Investment Fund (ELTIF) market reached at least €34 billion in assets under management by the end of 2025, a 55% increase on 2024. A record 113 new ELTIFs launched in 2025 alone, almost double the number in 2024.¹ For investors who have not yet looked closel
Germany’s EV market posted its strongest half year to date. Battery-electric cars accounted for 24.8% of all new passenger car registrations in H1 2026, up from 18.4% last year. By the end of July, that meant roughly 446,000 new EVs on the road – a 50.2% increase from the same period in 2025.
This isn’t a premium or early-adopter story anymore. VW, Skoda, and BMW took the top three sales spots
Of the eleven European grocery markets tracked in McKinsey and EuroCommerce’s State of Grocery Retail Europe 2026, Poland came out on top for value growth – up 5.6% year-on-year, well ahead of the European average of 3.4%. And since 2019, it’s grown a cumulative 55.2%, also the highest of any market in the report.
That growth isn’t just on paper, Poland’s modern retail footprint expanded 4.4%
Potager Farm's sales this year have already come close to matching the whole of 2025's sales total – with several months still to go.
Part of that is a single, concentrated example of what direct retail can look like at pace. Within eight weeks, Potager Farm sold almost 2,000 plants directly into one grocery store's shelves. That's not a slow, steady trickle of stock – it's evidence that when
German grocery operators are amongst the largest and most successful in Europe, and once you walk into a store, it’s easy to see why. Their stores are built for more than just completing a weekly shop and it's a format that many Irish retailers are now following.
Large bakeries at the entrances enticing customers in with the smell of fresh baking bread throughout the day, a vibrant farmer
Greenman Energy's charging network has now exceeded €1.5 million in cumulative revenue, up from the c.€1.3 million milestone reported earlier this summer.
The growth is coming from two directions: an EV hyper-charger footprint that is expanding across Greenman OPEN's portfolio, and a steadily growing base of customers charging directly through SPARK, the mobile app GME launched in June. Neithe
If you have been researching investment funds recently, you may have come across the term ELTIF. It stands for European Long-Term Investment Fund, and it is worth understanding what it means, because it determines what a fund can invest in, how it is regulated, and what that means for you as a retail investor.
What is an ELTIF?
An ELTIF is a regulated fund structure created by the European
edyfi has begun piloting a new layer of analysis across the OPEN portfolio: using number-plate recognition sensors to understand not just how much energy a property uses, but how its physical space is actually being used.
The first results, from one property currently being trialed, are notable. Over four months of data, even on the single busiest day observed, the car park reached at most aro
Three years of sales data now sit behind the retail partnerships of Potager Farm, the vertical farming venture backed by Greenman OPEN, and a pattern has emerged that repeats with striking consistency: demand dips every summer, right around the school holidays, before climbing back through autumn and building toward a stronger spring.
It shows up in 2024. It shows up again in 2025. And it's al
Greenman Energy's (GME’s) rooftop solar network is now covering nearly half of on-site tenant electricity demand at the Greenman OPEN properties where it operates. Across 13 active plants – running for close to 1,000 operational days now – the network is generating an average yield of 3.50 MWh per plant per day, enough to cover 48.4% of customer energy needs at those sites and save an estimated 29
The first half of 2026 brought continued resilience to Europe's grocery retail sector despite a more uncertain economic backdrop. In this report, we examine the trends that shaped the market through the lens of Greenman's portfolio across Germany, Poland and France, combining our experience on the ground with the latest market data.
The more interesting story of the first half was not grocery's
Over the next few months there are a number of important dates coming up – covering the 2025 audit, the AGM of the fund, and NAV and distribution announcements. Here's what to expect and when.
Completion of the 2025 Audit The CSSF have been informed that Greenman acting in its capacity as AIFM to Greenman OPEN and Greenman NEXT, has agreed with the Fund's Independent Auditor – Moore Audit – tha
