Europe – Page 459
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Property sector finally unveiled for UK unlisted market
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.
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Grosvenor reviews its business priorities
EUROPE- Grosvenor is planning to concentrate on developing its fund management business in continental Europe.
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MagazineStand firm
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
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MagazineUnlikely winner
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
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Caution and creativity
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
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MagazineCool Finns unfazed
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
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Building commitment
In spite of the downturn, Swedish investors are increasing real estate allocations. But the focus is still domestic, finds Lynn Strongin Dodds
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MagazineBack to basics
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
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MagazineDans l’intérêt commun
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
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MagazineRiding through the storm
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
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MagazineMarket wrongs and EU REITs
Is it time to give up on a pan-European REIT? Shayla Walmsley considers the arguments
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MagazineOpportunity knocked?
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?
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MagazineGo further
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
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MagazineBoring becomes interesting again
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
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MagazinePotential unfulfilled
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
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Negative rental growth now global
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.
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UK sets new record for fall in capital values
UK – UK commercial property capital values fell by record levels last month, according to Investment Property Databank (IPD).
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UK will start to recover in 2010 – Schroders
UK – The UK commercial real estate market will not stabilise until the latter part of 2009 but should begin to recover in 2010 according to Schroder Property.
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PME looks for global opportunities
NETHERLANDS – Pensioenfonds van de Metalektro (PME) is diversifying its real estate exposure by investing opportunistically on a global basis.
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Europe to produce ‘acceptable’ returns in the medium-term
EUROPE – Investors can generate “acceptable or attractive” returns from most of the European markets over the medium-term, according to a report by Invesco Real Estate.
