Latest reports – Page 3097
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PropertyEU Archive
UK residential on track to deliver 9.6% return in 2010, says IPD
Investment grade market let residential property delivered a solid 4.7% six-month total return to June, according to the inaugural IPD UK Biannual Residential Investment Indicator.
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Cofinimmo places EUR 50m bond issue
Brussels-listed real estate company Cofinimmo has announced the private placement of a EUR 50 mln non-convertible bond.
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PropertyEU Archive
Valad appoints new senior fund manager
Valad Europe, the pan-European real estate investment manager, has announced the appointment of Arthur Tielens as new senior fund manager.
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PropertyEU Archive
SEB AM outlines top picks for Asia
Choy-Soon Chua, managing director of SEB Asset Management, is on the hunt for investment opportunities in Asia. In an interview with PropertyEU, he talks about his top picks and why India isn't on his list.
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Chris Taylor named CEO of Hermes REIM
Fund manager Hermes has appointed Chris Taylor as CEO of Hermes Real Estate Investment Management. Taylor comes from Australia-based global fund manager QIC, where he has been head of European property for the last four years.
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Commerz Real acquires New Babylon office property
German fund manager Commerz Real has acquired the first 12,000-m[sup]2[/sup] office building at the New Babylon development project in The Hague. The vendor is Babylon Den Haag, a joint venture between SNS Property Finance and Dutch property firm Fortress. The financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
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PropertyEU Archive
Investors use firepower to demand change: INREV
Non-listed real estate investment weathered the recent financial crisis no worse than the other real estate investments, according to a new report from INREV. What has changed is that many larger investors are now increasingly using their financial firepower to influence the shape of the fund management industry to better ...
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PropertyEU Archive
UK property returns steady in August: CBRE
CB Richard Ellis' latest UK Monthly Index shows that the All Property total return slowed only marginally in August, to 0.8% from 0.9% in the previous month. Capital growth increased by 0.3% for the month due to a small amount of yield compression, as rental values remained unchanged from July. ...
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PropertyEU Archive
Jer Partners sells 25% stake in Immobel
Eastbridge Group's fully-owned unit Cresida Investment Sàrl has acquired a 25% stake in the Belgian listed real estate company Immobel from Jer Partners' Jer Europe Fund III.
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PropertyEU Archive
Union Investment cashes in Fürstenhof for EUR 126m
Union Investment has sold the Fürstenhof office building in Frankfurt's financial district for EUR 126 mln. The buyer is DFH Deutsche Fonds.
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PropertyEU Archive
Allianz to sell EUR 1bn of German property
German insurer Allianz is putting EUR 1bn of German properties up for sale as part of a 'portfolio optimization programme', Allianz spokesman Roland Deger told PropertyEU. The insurer also plans to increase the size of its global real estate portfolio by as much as EUR 13 bn over the next ...
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MagazineMurky markets
The plateau in global market transparency teaches us that progress is not inevitable, as Shayla Walmsley reports
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MagazineBusting the dam
Investors on both sides of the Atlantic have begun to allocate new equity to real estate. But will capital flows over the next 12 months continue to be a trickle, or will investors finally open the floodgates? Richard Lowe investigates
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Prime time
Margins are improving and volumes are increasing but banks remain highly selective as they work through legacy issues. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports
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We’re learning to live with it
A new government – and a new planning agenda. It is far from business as usual for the British Property Federation, says Liz Peace who talked to Shayla Walmsley
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Keep a watch for market storms
As they cast their nets for opportunities real estate investors must take note of the broader economic threat that might throw them off course and leave them badly damaged, as José Luis Pellicer reports
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From Birmingham to Brazil
The West Midlands Pension Fund has expanded its global portfolio fairly aggressively in recent years and learned some invaluable lessons along the way. Investment manager Mike Hardwick speaks to Richard Lowe about transparency and keeping faith with the commingled fund model
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MagazineGreek tragedy gets its act together
The country’s pension system has been hit hard by austerity measures but it will benefit from a more professional approach to property investing, as Gail Moss finds
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Spanish play minimalist
Spanish investors’ property allocations have slumped while international interest in Spanish real estate has been active, as Gail Moss finds
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MagazineProfessionalism gains ground
The move from DB to DC pension schemes holds mixed blessings for real estate, while the crisis has focused minds on risk, as Gail Moss reports
