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The ELTIF Market Grew 55% in 2025. What Does That Mean for Investors?
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
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An Early Signal from Germany’s EV Boom
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 -
Poland’s Standout Grocery Retail Year
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: 2,000 Plants, One Store, Eight Weeks
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 -
What the Deli Counter Tells You About Rental Value
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: Revenue Passes €1.5m
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 -
What is an ELTIF? A Guide for Retail Investors
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
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