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Expo Real: IP Real Estate panel: London market nearing its ‘peak’
International real estate investors will continue to invest in London despite warnings that the market could be nearing a peak, delegates at Expo Real in Munich heard.
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AnalysisSurvival of the fittest
Real estate investment managers are being forced to adapt to a harsher environment. Investors are increasingly looking to invest with fewer managers and are demanding more reporting and transparency. There is a need to be able to deploy capital much more quickly than was expected in the past, meaning that a particular investment strategy can be out of date by the time ‘blind-pool’ fundraising has taken place.
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Expo Real: Low yields push investors towards alternatives
Increased competition and yield compression in major office, retail and logistics markets are bringing other sectors – and more peripheral geographies – into the limelight.
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Expo Real: Investors shift their focus to cities and urbanisation trends
This year, Expo Real in Munich highlighted a widespread shift in strategy among leading global real estate investors. Institutions are increasingly targeting cities rather than national markets or sectors.
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MIPIM UK: UK housing debate bubbles over
A fiery debate has been heating up in recent years over the direction of the UK housing market. London’s Olympia became the stage for that debate on 15 October when the first-ever MIPIM UK property trade fair took up residence – but not entirely in the way the event organisers had intended.
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EPRA Annual Conference: REIT sector buoyant despite the threat of disruptive forces
The European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA) launched its annual conference with positive numbers and predictions of growth for the sector. Buoyed by a spate of IPOs – most notably in Ireland and Spain – the European listed sector is also expected to grow because of institutional allocations shifting in its favour.
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Regulation: AIFMD puzzle slowly takes shape
As it stands, the AIFMD is far from delivering a single, standard experience for managers marketing to EU investors. Melville Rodrigues explains
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AnalysisExpo Real: Low yields push investors towards alternatives
Alternatives were one of the biggest talking points at this year’s Expo Real. Russell Handy considers whether investors are being forced to move beyond the ‘big three’
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AnalysisRe-evaluating the asset class
The latest edition of IP Real Estate looks at the latest thinking on global valuations. Richard Lowe considers their importance for the asset class
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Regulation: Concerns remain as AIFMD goes live
EU member states are now required to put the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIMFD) into law. How they proceed could be a cause for concern. EU companies managing funds and non-EU managers marketing to EU investors must comply with the terms of the far-reaching directive, which is intended to protect investors. The directive has caused concern among those investing in alternative investment funds – as well as in fund-of-fund vehicles.
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Regulation: Germany’s post-AIFMD landscape
Until the summer 2103, German institutional investors wishing to invest indirectly in real estate had the choice of one vehicle: Immobilien-Spezialfonds, the institutional open-ended real estate fund. At least this was true whenever they were subject to regulatory restrictions, as most insurance companies and funds are.
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Proceeding with caution as market powers on
Real estate fundamentals and business dynamics in the US are strong, but caution is the byword as heightened risks start to appear – this was the message delegates heard at the AFIRE Annual Membership Meeting held 15-17 September in Washington DC.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Calling time on funds of funds
CBRE Global Multi Manager rebranded to reflect the times
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AnalysisAnalysis: Blackstone moves ahead of growing RE ‘secondaries’
Mark Burton’s departure from H/2 highlights potential for secondary market
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AnalysisScottish independence – advisers debate the impact on property
Short-term pricing discount could follow ‘yes’ vote, delegates heard at AEW Economic Briefing
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AnalysisAccess all areas
The latest edition of IP Real Estate focuses on the listed property markets. Richard Lowe looks at a sector back in vogue
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AnalysisAll quiet on the Belgian front
Once there was loud opposition to being included in the directive, but now little noise is coming out of the European REIT industry. Rachel Fixsen reports
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MagazineGlobal capital arrives
As pools of global capital grow and institutional quotas rise, listed real estate markets could be significant beneficiaries. Rachel Fixsen reports
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AnalysisKlépierre, Corio to merge into European retail giant – analysis
Franco-Dutch merger has parallels with 2007 Unibail-Rodamco fusion
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