Latest reports – Page 3098

  • Magazine

    Go exploring

    September 2010 (Magazine)

    The largest pension funds are increasing their overseas exposure, finds Gail Moss

  • Magazine

    Under construction

    September 2010 (Magazine)

    TRUST Managers’ task of rebuilding trust among investor clients is still a work in progress. Those that do not heed the warning will not be able to raise capital. Richard Lowe reports

  • PropertyEU Archive

    Prupim lifts stake in Romford retail scheme to 50%

    2010-09-07T00:00:00Z

    UK asset manager Prupim has completed the acquisition of a further 25% stake in the Brewery retail scheme in Romford from Henderson Global Investors.

  • PropertyEU Archive

    Irish firm to drop Blackrock name

    2010-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Blackrock International Land, the Irish quoted property investment and development company, has announced that it proposes to change its name to 'Balmoral International Land Public Limited Company'.

  • PropertyEU Archive

    Morgan Stanley to reopen troubled P2 fund

    2010-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Morgan Stanley will reopen its P2 Value real estate fund on 1 November, putting an end to a ban on redemptions that has been in place since the banking crisis erupted in the autumn of 2008.

  • PropertyEU Archive

    Skanska acquires housing project in Stockholm for EUR 20m

    2010-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Swedish construction and development giant Skanska has acquired a housing project in Stockholm. The vendor of the Påsen 10 property in Hammarby sjöstad, Stockholm is Swedish listed property firm Fabege.

  • PropertyEU Archive

    Vermeeren appointed director of Wereldhave Netherlands

    2010-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Amsterdam-listed Wereldhave has announced that Hans Vermeeren is joining the firm as director of its operations in the Netherlands. Vermeeren worked from 2000 to 2010 for Unibail-Rodamco, the last three years as the director of Unibail-Rodamco Netherlands.

  • PropertyEU Archive

    SEB ImmoInvest sells office building in Shanghai

    2010-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Fund manager SEB Asset Management has sold the Cross Tower in Shanghai to a fund managed by Ascendas, a Singapore-based real estate company. The buyer is a real estate company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The parties agreed not to disclose the selling price.

  • PropertyEU Archive

    Vicus Capital launches new Baltic Property Fund

    2010-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Vicus Capital Advisors has said that it is launching a new real estate fund which will invest in retail properties and property development in the Baltic countries. The VCA Baltic Retail Fund will have spending power of around EUR 60 mln.

  • PropertyEU Archive

    Resolution acquires 50% of Bremen mall in EUR 130m jv

    2010-09-07T00:00:00Z

    European opportunity fund manager Resolution Property has acquired a 50% stake in the Waterfront shopping centre in the German city of Bremen as part of a EUR 130 mln joint venture with LNC Property Group. The 70,000-m[sup]2[/sup] Waterfront development is a covered shopping and leisure centre within Bremen's harbour ...

  • PropertyEU Archive

    Valad appoints John Vincent as portfolio manager in UK

    2010-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Valad Europe, the pan-European real estate investment manager, has appointed John Vincent as portfolio manager, based in its London office. He takes responsibility on behalf of five of Valad's six UK Funds for a regional portfolio of commercial assets valued at over £150 mln (EUR 180 mln) and totalling 158,000 ...

  • PropertyEU Archive

    Komodor secures large leasing at Ukrainian logistics park

    2010-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Komodor LLC has executed a lease agreement with Eldorado Ukraine, a leading nationwide retailer of consumer electronics and domestic appliances, for a warehouse and office area of 11,380 m[sup]2[/sup] - or 17% - of the 68,940 m[sup]2[/sup] Komodor Logistics Park.

  • PropertyEU Archive

    Vinci completes UK parking acquisition

    2010-09-07T00:00:00Z

    France's Vinci Park has completed the acquisition of a 100% stake in the British Meteor Parking company from the Go-Ahead Group for an undisclosed amount. With this purchase, Vinci becomes the UK's fourth-largest parking operator, with a portfolio of 130,000 managed parking spaces and revenue of around £50 mln (EUR ...

  • Magazine

    Property joins the party

    September 2010 (Magazine)

    How will investor views of real estate affect the size and the structure of the real estate allocation and how does this influence the structure of a multi-asset portfolio? Monika Ward reports

  • Magazine

    Why do we do the things that we do?

    September 2010 (Magazine)

    Self-delusion, overconfidence, over-reliance on rules of thumb and human emotion can overcome the best investment minds, says Weijia Wang

  • Know your Assets
    Magazine

    Know your Assets

    September 2010 (Magazine)

    Pension funds want something more from today’s investment managers: it is important that they understand bricks and mortar, as Shayla Walmsley finds

  • Breadth and depth
    Magazine

    Breadth and depth

    September 2010 (Magazine)

    Changes in market conditions have resulted in a new emphasis on due diligence, as investors and fund managers rethink how to address areas such as debt, risk management and sustainability, as Andrea Carpenter reports

  • Magazine

    Eyes wide open

    September 2010 (Magazine)

    Choosing the right general partners is one of the most important decisions limited partners will make. Every LP has a responsibility to ask a prospective GP the following nine questions, according to Joseph Stecher

  • Magazine

    Balance required

    September 2010 (Magazine)

    A new survey reveals a shift in fund terms in favour of investors. There is still room for improvement but some investors are pushing managers too hard, as Sam Meakin reports

  • Magazine

    Mind the gap

    September 2010 (Magazine)

    The downturn has driven compliance with INREV’s Corporate Governance Guidelines but there is still room for improvement, says Alasdair Evans