All articles by Barbara Ottawa – Page 5

News
Switzerland's Corestate snaps up distressed assets in Germany

2013-01-24T16:30:00Z

EUROPE – Property investor buys commercial, residential portfolios worth €150m each.
News
German investors keen to increase risk, but wary of Solvency II

2013-01-24T15:00:00Z

GERMANY – BVI says investors keen to boost equity exposure 'put off' by upcoming legislation.
News
German investors pull out of solar funds, shift into wind

2013-01-17T16:15:00Z

GERMANY – Ratings agency Scope cites increasing competition, uncertainty in Southern Europe.
News
Warburg-Henderson converts GOEF into Spezialfonds

2013-01-15T16:45:00Z

GERMANY – German-UK real estate venture uses re-developed properties to start new fund.
News
Retail property in top locations 'immune' to market distortions

2013-01-11T17:00:00Z

EUROPE – Long-term study highlights resilience of high-end retail real estate.
News
Growth of real estate Spezialfonds hit by uncertainty over AIFMD

2013-01-11T16:30:00Z

GERMANY – Schroder Property says heated debate over directive scared institutions off funds.
News
Austria's Immofinanz mulling IPO for residential property portfolio

2012-12-21T14:45:00Z

AUSTRIA – Potential listing comes after company sees net profit decline by 61%.
News
German government passes new rules for real estate funds

2012-12-13T16:15:00Z

GERMANY – Changes to KAGB law will allow real estate Spezialfonds, GOEFs to remain.
News
German office rents to suffer – HSH Nordbank

2012-11-30T11:45:00Z

GERMANY – Downturn to feed through to buoyant rental market, according to bank report.
News
WPV to move into direct real estate

2012-11-29T10:30:00Z

GERMANY – Pension fund changes real estate strategy as it seeks control over decisions.
News
Aberdeen to liquidate institutional fund by 2015

2012-11-23T16:00:00Z

GERMANY – Degi German Business the latest German open-ended fund to be wound down.
News
German Pensionskasse BVV shakes up real estate portfolio

2012-11-19T12:15:00Z

GERMANY – Pension fund setting up global mandates due to dearth of European opportunities.
News
German institutional investors targeting real estate – survey

2012-11-16T17:15:00Z

GERMANY – MPC Real Estate survey shows growing interest in asset class among institutionals.
Magazine
Save Our Spezialfonds

November 2012 (Magazine)

Are real estate Spezialfonds about to become a thing of the past as a result of Germany’s implementation of AIFMD? Barbara Ottawa reports
News
Institutionals failing to use risk models to gauge correlation

2012-11-13T17:15:00Z

GERMANY – Union Investment survey also points to low take-up of models for alternatives.
News
Germany government moves to save open-ended real estate funds

2012-11-08T12:30:00Z

GERMANY – Agrees to change draft for implementation of Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive.
News
German institutional investors dump bonds, shift towards real estate

2012-10-30T11:00:00Z

GERMANY – Independent surveys by Union, Universal show increase in alternatives at expense of fixed income.
Analysis
News analysis: The German housing market bubble

2012-10-26T16:30:00Z

House prices are on the rise as demand outpaces supply, yet new funds are still being launched.
News
German roundup: Invesco, BVK, Aberdeen Immobilien, Degi International

2012-10-26T15:30:00Z

GERMANY – Invesco Real Estate acquires property in Paris on behalf of BVK.
News
German roundup: Bayern LB, GBW, Union Investment, Japan-Spezialfonds, Secinvest

2012-10-22T16:00:00Z

GERMANY – Regional bank Bayern LB kicks off bidding process for real estate division GBW.