Analysis & Opinion – Page 17
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News analysis: Opera Uni-Invest
Rival bidders Valad and TPG/Patron prepare for CMBS vote on April 17
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News analysis: Is core property past its prime
Cooked core is no longer a safe haven, but are real estate investors ready to move on?
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News analysis: Why are property investors fixated with lease and location?
As investors target proxies for income security, they neglect macroeconomic factors at their peril.
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News analysis: Is like-mindedness a red herring for investors?
Are investors focusing on the wrong thing when they fixate on the risk associated with fellow investors?
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News analysis: Arrivederci, Roma
Will new laws and funds at last persuade Italian pension funds to invest beyond their borders?
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News analysis: Revisiting the UK's institutional housing opportunity
Will the Montague Review reveal anything we do not already know about residential opportunities?
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News analysis: US pension funds return to two Europes
Texas retirement scheme's investment in a pan-European portfolio may be a sign – but it's a weak one.
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News analysis: The (Chinese-owned) road to riches
China is targeting European 'recovery' infrastructure assets – but not as you might expect.
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News analysis: Why are pension funds suddenly guarded on infrastructure?
As government plans grow more ambitious, the pension funds they want to pay for them grow more cautious.
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News analysis: There will soon be more secondary – but few bulk buys
Figures show banks have undertaken disposal strategies, but is this actually set to change?
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News analysis: Conflicts of interest between investors in same fund
Shayla Walmsley looks at why smaller pension funds often feel disempowered when investing in property.
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News analysis: Why investors will stick with Europe's listed real estate
Shayla Walmsley explains why listed's underperformance won't result in an investor exodus.
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News analysis: Banking on fire sales will only lead to disappointment
A deluge of distressed assets at deep discounts has yet to materialise, and it probably never will.
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News analysis: Will upstart pension funds make fund managers extinct?
Will joint ventures by sovereign wealth investors, larger pension schemes relegate funds to the past?
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News analysis: Is it time for pension funds to ditch benchmarks?
Should property benchmarks be the cornerstone of investment or viewed with scepticism?
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News analysis: Solvency II not yet set in stone, but lobbying focus shifts
Efforts to reduce 25% capital charge for real estate investment to enter 'new phase'.
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News analysis: The holes in sustainable real estate
Sustainability won't become mainstream until push comes to shove, argues Shayla Walmsley.
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News analysis: The evolving European sale-and-leaseback market
FIDAC joins the affray, as the sale-and-leaseback market heads for its biggest shake-up to date.
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News analysis: The real reason UK pension funds shun residential property
UK schemes are still avoiding residential, but don't blame the widows, says Shayla Walmsley.
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News analysis: Are consultants taking on property multi-managers?
Shayla Walmsley investigates why Towers Watson and Mercer have both been building up their teams.