All Real Assets articles in June 2008 (Magazine)
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MagazineMake hay while the sun shines
US opportunistic funds have the potential to thrive under current market conditions – provided managers act prudently. Stephanie Schwartz-Driver reports
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MagazineDemanding times, demanding investors
Investor sentiment was upbeat at INREV’s annual conference in Istanbul in spite of the current industry malaise. Meanwhile cries for greater transparency were as loud as ever.
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MagazineHome truths
A record attendance at PREA’s spring conference focused on the current industry woes at home, as well as opportunities in emerging markets.
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MagazineExamine the business model
Tenant privatisation has fallen short of expectations, so how do we meet healthy demand for German residential?
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MagazineUnderweight strength
Long-term investors ensure sustained, robust demand for German residential but investment volume will be well down on last year.
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MagazineWhere do you live?
Resilient and highly diversified, but also management intensive and with a reputational risk, pension fund attitudes to residential housing vary worldwide.
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MagazineRest, recreation – and resilience?
As people cut holidays will they turn to their local leisure facilities instead? The sector’s future potential relies on optimising the product offering.
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MagazinePremium product?
The weight of capital attracted by fast economic growth has forced down yields across the region, but there is debate as to whether the change in market sentiment will reverse the trend.
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MagazineTop dog suffers teething problems
Institutional-grade property in Moscow is still in short supply. While this bodes well in some respects, there are still considerable risks when entering the marke.
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MagazineChange, no change
Over the past year, Gerald Gaige has seen the Russian market continue to surge but he highlights considerable risks borne of the inexperience of local market players
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Fear is back
The fifth edition of ‘Emerging Trends in Real Estate Europe 2008’ shows that the most obvious sign of market fear is in the debt markets, say its authors, John Forbes and Chuck DiRocco
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Driving force gets a turbo charge
An expansion in the mortgage market and constructive public-private co-operation have boosted Brazil’s affordable housing sector.
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MagazineGetting real
Brazil has surged up the economic respectability league in recent years and is close to receiving an important quality mark as economic reform works its wonders.
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MagazineSpicy source
In spite of the problems north of the border Mexico City is booming and could offer significant returns. But the potential for expansion is limited – and will new fiscal measures spoil the party?
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MagazineConfidence and capacity
The risks to the US economy are primarily downside but unlike previous downturns at least there is no overbuilding problem. In this special report on the US Bret Wilkerson and Jeff Havsy look at what has happened in the US and consider the outlook for this year
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The Latin attraction
Mexico and Brazil have Latin America’s biggest economies and the region’s most mature real estate markets. Richard Gwilliam reports
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MagazineBetter times ahead
As structures are refined and markets improve, UK, Italian and German REIT prospects look brighter, say Paul van der Vaart and Luke Powell
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MagazineRaise your game
A recent corporate governance study by the European Public Real Estate Association uncovered wide variances in standards, as Steve Hays reports
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MagazineThe challenge of uniformity
There are significant variations in the standards of governance of listed real estate across Asia. Family ownership is among the challenges facing regulators and industry bodies.
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MagazineBucking the investment trend
Market neutral alternative real estate funds: they are new, but what makes them special, especially in these somewhat stressed investment times?
