All Europe articles – Page 395

  • News

    T.Rowe Price turns attention to globe real estate

    2008-11-27T17:54:00Z

    US/GLOBAL – US-based asset manager T. Rowe Price is launching a global real Estate strategy in a bid to expand its global investment opportunities.

  • News

    Empty rates reform are 'empty promise'

    2008-11-27T17:28:00Z

    UK - UK government proposals to temporarily scrap rate for empty properties with an estimated value of less than £250,000 (€299,110) are nothing more than empty spin and do little to help the market, according to property experts.

  • News

    Real estate derivatives gain fresh impetus

    2008-11-24T17:57:00Z

    UK - Derivatives offer real estate investors good opportunities to diversify their portfolio, according to property experts at the ING Real Estate Annual Seminar.

  • News

    Property sector finally unveiled for UK unlisted market

    2008-11-24T17:43:00Z

    UK – The Investment Management Association (IMA), trade body to the £3.4trn (€3.99trn) UK fund management industry, and its Performance Category Review Committee (PCRC) have created a new property sector.

  • News

    Grosvenor reviews its business priorities

    2008-11-24T17:34:00Z

    EUROPE- Grosvenor is planning to concentrate on developing its fund management business in continental Europe.

  • Stand firm
    Magazine

    Stand firm

    November 2008 (Magazine)

    A new survey by the Pensions Management Institute and Prupim offers some good news – UK pension funds are sticking with real estate despite the turmoil in their home market. But as Richard Lowe discovers, more surprising is what they want to see from their investment managers

  • Unlikely winner
    Magazine

    Unlikely winner

    November 2008 (Magazine)

    Iceland’s pension funds aren’t in the front line of the crisis but some investments are in grave danger now. Those seeking a safe haven may allocate more to what is tangible – and understandable. Cue real estate. Gail Moss reports

  • Magazine

    Caution and creativity

    November 2008 (Magazine)

    In these pressured times Danish pension funds need to do more to convince their boards of the case for real estate investment, Gail Moss finds

  • Cool Finns unfazed
    Magazine

    Cool Finns unfazed

    November 2008 (Magazine)

    Allocations are edging upwards in spite of the turmoil. The introduction in Finland of REITs, scheduled for next year, may boost prospects, as Gail Moss reports

  • Magazine

    Building commitment

    November 2008 (Magazine)

    In spite of the downturn, Swedish investors are increasing real estate allocations. But the focus is still domestic, finds Lynn Strongin Dodds

  • Back to basics
    Magazine

    Back to basics

    November 2008 (Magazine)

    The Norwegian Government Pension Fund’s real estate investment is a bright spot in a landscape where most institutions are scaling back their ambitions. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports

  • Dans l’intérêt commun
    Magazine

    Dans l’intérêt commun

    November 2008 (Magazine)

    The French Real Estate Association represents its growing international membership across a range of issues and the agenda for the future is packed, as the association’s chairman, Jean-Paul Dumortier reports

  • Riding through the storm
    Magazine

    Riding through the storm

    November 2008 (Magazine)

    Recent months have illustrated the unpredictability of the real estate investment markets. William Hill tells Richard Lowe how Schroder Property dealt with the turmoil of 2007-08 in the UK and is now looking to take advantage of the recovery when it comes

  • Market wrongs and EU REITs
    Magazine

    Market wrongs and EU REITs

    November 2008 (Magazine)

    Is it time to give up on a pan-European REIT? Shayla Walmsley considers the arguments

  • Opportunity knocked?
    Magazine

    Opportunity knocked?

    November 2008 (Magazine)

    In difficult times there is usually no shortage of predatory funds waiting to snap up a distress sell or to spot a niche opportunity. But with liquidity all but dried up, Mark Faithfull asks: is there anyone lending?

  • Go further
    Magazine

    Go further

    November 2008 (Magazine)

    Led by retail, Turkey’s investment potential is growing fast but increasingly investors will have to look well beyond Istanbul for the best opportunities, Ermina Topintzi finds

  • Boring becomes interesting again
    Magazine

    Boring becomes interesting again

    November 2008 (Magazine)

    German real estate is often described as an unexciting, stable core market. But with the market correcting, investors are now seeing it as an opportunity. Barbara Ottawa reports

  • Potential unfulfilled
    Magazine

    Potential unfulfilled

    November 2008 (Magazine)

    If German real estate is an interesting investment story, how do we access it? German Special Funds, Luxemburg Special Funds, G-REITs – a structural comparison for the foreign investor is provided by Thomas Gütle

  • News

    Negative rental growth now global

    2008-11-17T16:35:00Z

    GLOBAL – Rental growth has turned negative on a global scale and the downturn in emerging markets is accelerating, the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) finds in its latest quarterly global report.

  • News

    UK sets new record for fall in capital values

    2008-11-17T16:29:00Z

    UK – UK commercial property capital values fell by record levels last month, according to Investment Property Databank (IPD).