All Real Assets articles in July 2007 (Magazine) – Page 2

  • The great maze of opportunity
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    The great maze of opportunity

    July 2007 (Magazine)

    The boom in REITs and the surge in foreign investment have boosted liquidity and transparency but good quality investments are still hard to find. Richard Newell explains

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    Responsiveness is key

    July 2007 (Magazine)

    Timothy Bellman and Shane Taylor focus on four of Asia’s major office markets and stress that selection based on low supply elasticity will be crucial in minimising future risk

  • Taking on primary importance
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    Taking on primary importance

    July 2007 (Magazine)

    As Asia’s major centres struggle to meet the surge in investor demand the focus is moving to a vast tier of lesser ‘secondary’ giants where huge potential combines with significant challenges. Paul Benjamin reports

  • Degrees of influence
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    Degrees of influence

    July 2007 (Magazine)

    Rockspring PIM was established in 2004 through a management buy-out of Prudential PIM from Prudential Financial.

  • Crossing the divide
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    Crossing the divide

    July 2007 (Magazine)

    Raymond Satumalaij left Blue Sky, where he was responsible for the real estate portfolio, in May this year to join Bouwfonds Asset Management, a subsidiary of the real estate arm of Rabobank.

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    Consensus building

    July 2007 (Magazine)

    EPRA sees a global real estate coalition emerging over accounting rules, as Steve Hays reports

  • The long and short of it
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    The long and short of it

    July 2007 (Magazine)

    REITs have very specific characteristics that place them in a class apart from other forms of real estate investing, as Steve Smith explains

  • Sitting on a tax break
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    Sitting on a tax break

    July 2007 (Magazine)

    SICAVs have long been the investible UCITs structure of choice for property fund managers. Now some pension funds are finding a new use for them. Shayla Walmsley reports

  • UK residential unlocked
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    UK residential unlocked

    July 2007 (Magazine)

    A huge pool of potential investment could become accessible for the first time through the application of financial tools honed in the capital markets, as Steve Hays reports

  • Inspiring views
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    Inspiring views

    July 2007 (Magazine)

    Global investment was a strong theme at this year’s IPD European property investment conference, alongside the central need for more and better information. Martin Hurst reports

  • Clear vision required
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    Clear vision required

    July 2007 (Magazine)

    The Asia juggernaut is building momentum but don’t be blinded by the headlights. This was a key message that came out of the recent REIW Asia conference in Singapore Martin Hurst reports

  • Sub-prime wake-up call instils discipline
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    Sub-prime wake-up call instils discipline

    July 2007 (Magazine)

    A strong real estate market and a tightening of loan criteria have brought new optimism, coupled with new conservatism, Stephanie Schwartz-Driver finds

  • Market view: fundamentally speaking
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    Market view: fundamentally speaking

    July 2007 (Magazine)

    To obtain their exposure to real estate, Australian pension funds prefer listed property securities. In fact, just under three-quarters of all real estate exposure by Australian pension funds is obtained by investing in real estate investment trusts (REITs) or listed property companies.

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    Europe rides the CMBS wave

    July 2007 (Magazine)

    The crisis in the US sub-prime sector has given the whole industry a jolt, but Europe has not been affected. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports

  • Property derivatives and the hedging fallacy
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    Property derivatives and the hedging fallacy

    July 2007 (Magazine)

    Property derivatives have been promoted as a revolutionary tool for real estate portfolio risk management. Frédéric Ducoulombier argues that this is a misguided approach that obscures the key benefits of these instruments.