All Real Assets articles in December 2009 (Magazine)
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Join the club
From next year property industry associations in Asia and Europe will begin recruiting pension fund members. But why should they join? Shayla Walmsley reports
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Terms and conditions apply
There are signs that life is returning to the lending market, but banks are imposing tough lending criteria and buyers will need to be in a strong cash position to succeed. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports
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MagazineSurvival skills for managers
Only those investment managers that succeed in regaining investor confidence will survive into the ‘next era’, says Ted Leary
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MagazineLeading and learning
Lisette van Doorn is moving on to new challenges after four and a half action packed years. She looks back with Martin Hurst on her substantial achievements at INREV
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Maintain focus
As investor clubs have become larger their original benefits of control and adaptability no longer hold true, says Julian Schiller
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Rising East
While Asia’s debt and equity markets are becoming more active, foreign investors are still focusing on domestic opportunities, says Chris Reilly
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MagazineThe gap is closing
Recent evidence on property prices and market liquidity along with developments in the broader capital market suggest prices are firming and buyer valuations are increasing, say Jim Clayton and Michael Gately
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Focus and discipline
IPE Real Estate asked real estate fund managers and fund of funds managers for their view of the most important lessons to come out of the credit crisis and the main challenges that lie ahead. Here are their responses
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Taking stock
During the crisis leverage, liquidity and asset allocation have provided key lessons for pension funds. The main challenges include transparency, asset management and portfolio reconfiguration. Richard Lowe spoke to six pension funds about their thoughts as the end of the decade approaches.
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MagazineChange of perception
For VBV’s Günther Schiendl the economic crisis has changed the real estate landscape. No longer can it be considered to be the stable, long-term source of liquidity it once was. In addition to greater liquidity risk comes the hard lesson that the reality can be more dramatic than the worst-case ...
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MagazineDomestic bliss
As the economy improves, Swedish pension funds are renewing their search for quality investment products at home, says Gail Moss
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MagazineFortress Norway
Although relatively resilient, Norway has been unable to avoid an overheating property market. And now the country’s biggest investor is about to test the water, as Gail Moss reports
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Safe as houses
Domestic real estate is still the safe option for Finnish investors. But they are beginning to look overseas for further core, growth and opportunistic investments, says Gail Moss
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MagazineNew interest
The rebound in equities means Danish investors are now underweight in real estate and looking to rebalance with new allocations. Gail Moss reports
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Feeling better – slowly
Some Icelandic investors are looking to real estate to help them improve performance, but in the wake of the country’s financial collapse prospects are limited. Gail Moss reports
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MagazineBrightening outlook
The latest PRUPIM/PMI survey indicates that pensions funds are keeping faith with commercial real estate, while a back-to-basics approach will be used by those increasing their allocations over the next three years, says Paul McNamara
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MagazineStreamline the process
Vendor surveys have the potential to benefit both sellers and buyers by smoothing and speeding up the property transaction process as well as avoiding sale collapses, says Paul Spaven
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MagazinePremature optimism
At his first EXPO Real as CEO of AEW Europe, which he joined in March after 15 years with Axa REIM, Christian Delaire takes the upbeat sentiment with a pinch of salt, as he explains to Martin Hurst
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Supporting role
As debt gets harder to come by and managers face the prospect of refinancing their loans, a multitude of factors may come into play – not least the state of your current banking relationship. Christine Senior reports
