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Magazine
Managers face taxing times
Demands from regulators and investors are increasing the cost burden for managers just as they are coming under pressure to cut fees and minimise fixed costs. John Forbes reports
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MagazineFinns forge ahead
After the downturn Finnish pension funds are maintaining or increasing their real estate allocations. Their focus remains on the established, core markets, with an emphasis on alignment, as Gail Moss reports
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MagazineBack to normal
Appetite for real estate remains strong among US institutional investors, whose preference for core assets is no more than a return to more traditional, pre-boom behaviour, as Greg MacKinnon reports
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MagazineBack in the game
Pension funds returned from the sidelines in 2010 and began making new investments. As Richard Lowe discovered, for many this has meant new allocations to US real estate
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MagazineStockholm comforts
Swedish real estate has been a quiet haven on a continent rocked by economic and market turmoil. As Richard Lowe discovers, this means the country’s pension funds have had little reason to venture beyond the safety of Stockholm
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Magazine
Cautious to the core
The country’s economy has been insulated from the worst of the downturn but stability and long-term security remains central to pension fund investment strategy, borne out by a preference for income and an emphasis on alignment, as Gail Moss reports
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Magazine
Risky business
What are the most important areas of risk that investors need to assess and manage, and has this changed since the onset of the financial crisis? Richard Lowe asked six commentators and found a wide array of issues for investors to consider
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PropertyEU Archive
ICSC Europe announces finalists for 2011 European Shopping Centre Awards
The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) has announced the 2011 European Shopping Centre Awards finalists. In all, 18 centres made it to the short list of finalists, representing eight countries across Europe.
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PropertyEU Archive
Norwegian Property appoints new director of development
Oslo-based Norwegian Property has appointed Fredrik Baumann (48) as its new director of development with effect from January 2011. Baumann is currently CEO of construction and engineering firm OKK Entrepenør AS and was previously the project director at Avantor AS, where he led the BI Nydalen Campus, receiving the City ...
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PropertyEU Archive
Online retailing enters second growth phase: CBRE
Retail rental rates have stabilised across Europe, but could be pushed lower in some locations as online retailing enters a second growth phase. That is one of the findings of a recent report by CB Richard Ellis entitled 'How active are retailers in EMEA?'
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PropertyEU Archive
EPF, EPRA sound alarm over EU derivatives proposals
Proposed EU rules on derivatives could lead to serious property and debt market instability, two European property organisations have warned. The European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA) said the measures could take an estimated EUR 64.9 bn of working capital away from Europe's real economy as property companies are at ...
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PropertyEU Archive
EU regulation could cause EUR 65bn of collateral damage: EPRA
Proposed EU rules on derivatives could take an estimated EUR 64.9 bn of working capital away from Europe's real economy as property businesses risk being required to collateralise their interest rate hedges with cash. This is the main conclusion of a Chatham Financial study commissioned by the European property sector ...
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PropertyEU Archive
Advent International acquires Tinsa
Global private equity firm Advent International has announced the acquisition of Tinsa, a Spanish property valuation firm, from its founding partners. Advent International has taken a 94.5% majority stake in the business, with the remaining capital held mainly by the management team. The transaction is valued at EUR 100 mln ...
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PropertyEU Archive
EPF warns on OTC Derivatives legislation
European Union legislation on OTC Derivatives will lead to serious property and debt market instability, the European Property Federation has warned. In its input to European Parliament Rapporteur Werner Langen on the European Commission's proposed Regulation on OTC Derivatives, EPF pointed out that specific and precise modifications and clarifications are ...
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PropertyEU Archive
Sufficient new capital to bridge EUR 180bn funding gap: DTZ
Europe has the biggest exposure to property debt worldwide, accounting for 51% or $126 bn (EUR 92 bn) of the total $245 bn (EUR 179 bn) debt funding gap over the next three years, according to new research from property adviser DTZ. Second in line is Asia Pacific with ...
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PropertyEU Archive
Züblin, Viveris team up to launch Grenelle 2 fund
Züblin Immobilière France is partnering with fund manager Viveris Reim to launch an OPCI investment vehicle which will focus on the upgrade of existing buildings to comply with the Grenelle 2 energy-efficiency requirements.
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PropertyEU Archive
CSC poised for EUR 1.9 bn UK mall acquisition
UK listed Capital Shopping Centres Group (CSC) has confirmed that it is in advanced talks to acquire the Trafford Centre in Manchester in a £1.6 bn (EUR 1.9 bn) transaction. The asset is owned by the Peel Group, a UK-based investment company that has about £6 bn of assets under ...
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PropertyEU Archive
Orco Germany to sell stake in Berlin project
The German arm of Orco Property Group and local developer High Gain House Investments (HGHI) have confirmed signing a preliminary agreement aimed at co-developing the plot of Leipziger Platz, in the heart of Berlin, into a mixed-use project made up of a shopping centre, offices and residential.
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PropertyEU Archive
Meinl Bank sues Atrium for EUR 1.2 bn
The legal conflict between Atrium Real Estate and the company's former owner Meinl Bank accelerated further this week after the Austrian private bank announced it would sue Atrium's new board and management for damages of at least EUR 1.2bn.
