All Real Assets articles in December 2009 (Magazine)
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MagazineNo time for newcomers
Stable, capable and credible: the crisis has not changed investor demands on fund managers significantly. Funds are upping the ante – newcomers will have to fight for a share of the cash. Shayla Walmsley reports
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Demanding data
A new research paper by AMB looks at the current relationship between trade, production, and inventory and its impact on industrial real estate demand. David Twist reports
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Delivering opportunity
Consolidation among logistics suppliers and the reorganisation of company supply chains post recession means it’s time to take a new look at logistics in 2010. Paul Benjamin reports
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Canada’s stable footing
Canada’s prudent approach has helped it weather the downturn better than its southern neighbour and makes it a good fit for current investor sentiment. But it is not immune to surprises, as Stephanie Schwartz-Driver reports
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Shop for resilience
Nordic retail has performed well, and there are good opportunities to redevelop town centres and buy mis-priced assets. Håkan Blixt reports
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Thaw begins
Expectations of buyers and sellers are narrowing as the region approaches the bottom of the cycle. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports
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Advancing the green debate
The property industry must embrace sustainability – that debate is over. But how should its stakeholders proceed? A recent panel of key figures shed light on regulatory issues and the occupier and investor standpoints
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MagazineSeize the moment
Property market stakeholders who ignore the impact of climate change do so at their peril, warn Darren Stolzenberg and Edward Craft
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Green indicators
Moves to set European-wide benchmarks for measuring the sustainability of buildings are about to enter a second phase, says Leo Weidenaar
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Talk and action
In Germany, the level of interest in sustainable real estate is encouraging, but implementation and product supply lag far behind, as Thomas Beyerle reports
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MagazineLacking a lead index
Germany needs to raise its transparency game, say Axel von Goldbeck and Barbara Knoflach from the German Property Federation
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Change of emphasis
Internationalisation, residential focus and the further outsourcing of real estate holdings are the three major trends outlined in a new study on the real estate Spezialfonds market in Germany, discussed here by Barbara Ottawa.
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MagazineFund managers up their game
With the market conditions still difficult, it is encouraging that the standard and consistency of reporting European non-listed property funds continues to improve, as Andrea Carpenter explains
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New clarity at your fingertips
INREV’s new index analysis tool offers a flexible top-down performance measure for the property funds sector and helps investors to compare performance of their non-listed allocations with their specific direct and listed portfolios. Casper Hesp explains
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MagazineCapital reward
The recent return of capital flows into publicly listed real estate companies could signal that the tide is also turning for the unlisted sector. But which is better placed to capitalise on opportunites? Christine Senior reports
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MagazineDifferent strokes
New research asserts that over the long term listed real estate equities are a proxy for direct real estate investment. Steffen Sebastian and Alexander Schätz present their findings
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MagazineSeen in a new light
As the sub-sectors of the US REIT market move in a more homogeneous manner so the potential for diversification within the REIT sector has diminished as Simon Stevenson reports
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What does the evidence say?
The debate about the relative merits of active and passive management of REIT funds continues. Greg MacKinnon examines the research
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MagazineThe art of prediction
In today’s market, indicators of real estate performance are more keenly sought then ever before – but how effective are they? Paul Mitchell reports
