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Efficiency drive
The new harsh economic reality will add additional tax challenges – and opportunities – for the real estate fund management industry, say John Whitehead and Siobhan Godley
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MagazinePower to negotiate
Investors should scrutinise the management they are paying for to test the appropriateness of the fees paid, says Frank Rackensperger
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MagazineToo much, too little, too late?
Fees designed for a seller’s market have survived into a buyer’s one. So are the old structures still working – and, if they aren’t, what are pension funds going to do about it? Shayla Walmsley reports
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MagazineNew reality, new priorities
The downturn has moved alignment of interests and the use of INREV Guidelines up the agenda while the appetite for higher-risk investments remains in spite of the increased volatility. Andrea Carpenter presents the findings of INREV’s 2009 Investment Intentions Survey
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MagazineNo room to manoeuvre
Evidence suggests that pension funds remain committed to real estate in the medium term despite the recent turmoil in the markets. Yet, in the short term many are finding it difficult to commit to new investments as the denominator effect takes hold. Richard Lowe reports
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MagazineEmerge stronger
The opportunity fund model must sink or swim as it faces its greatest stress test as the recession begins to bite. Steve Hays reports
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Funds apply the brakes
A reluctance to commit capital to new real estate investments today can be seen in the number of US pension funds delaying manager searches. Jon Peterson reports
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MagazineLimited ambition
In Italy real estate is out of favour among institutional investors. The older-established funds are reducing their allocations and the new-style funds have limited opportunities to invest in property. Christine Senior reports
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MagazineTake stock
The state pension fund of Finland is aiming to grow its real estate exposure over the coming years. But managing director Timo Löyttyniemi tells Richard Lowe how the current market uncertainty has prompted VER to review its existing investments
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MagazinePriceless property
As transactional data has almost entirely dried up, the true market value of real estate is shrouded in uncertainty. Richard Lowe speaks to three pension funds about what this means for their existing portfolios and investment strategies
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MagazineQuis custodiet ipsos custodes?
The collapse in CMBS was followed by a loss of confidence in the organisations that ‘rated’ these products. Colin Lizieri asks, how do we eradicate the moral hazard and restore confidence in ratings?
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MagazineGet a grip
Ditch debt and downgrade return expectations – then focus on tomorrow’s problems. Industry leaders tell Shayla Walmsley what we should learn from the current crisis
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MagazineCranking the levers of power
Capital constraints and the massive demand for loan refinancing are likely to cause substantial defaults in the US and Europe, as Anish Shah and Clint Myers report
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PropertyEU Archive
CBRE opens China desk for EMEA region
CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) has opened a China Desk to co-ordinate inbound and outbound cross-border activity between the Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region and Greater China. The broker said that there is growing interest among its clients in investing in the Asian tiger.
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PropertyEU Archive
Degi ends suspension of redemption for Degi International
Degi, part of Aberdeen Property Investors, will end the three-month suspension of redemptions for its Degi International fund effective 30 January 2009. It is the first of 12 temporarily frozen German open-ended funds to end a ban on withdrawals implemented in end-October. Credit Suisse Asset Management, Morgan Stanley, AXA, KanAm ...
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PropertyEU Archive
Top 5 deals, Week 4 (19 - 23 January 2009)
The largest real estate investment transaction reported by PropertyEU between 19 - 23 January 2009 was the acquisition by HongKong and Shanghai Hotels (HSH) of 20% of Centre International de Conferences in Paris from Qatari Diar for EUR 100 mln.
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PropertyEU Archive
PWC sees rental cuts for UK retailers
Financially troubled retailers have been closing more than two in five stores in the UK as the high street comes under increased pressure, according to a new report issued by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) on Friday. PwC examined the administration announcements of 22 troubled retailers and found that on average they were ...
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PropertyEU Archive
Investment in UK shopping centres falls by 75%
Investment in UK shopping centres fell by nearly 75% in 2008 to only £1.47 bn (EUR 1.56 bn), down from 2007's total of £5.47 bn according to the latest figures from global real estate adviser Cushman & Wakefield.
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PropertyEU Archive
Land Securities completes sale of Fleet St for £74m
Land Securities has completed the sale of its Fleet Street Estate to the City of London Corporation for £74 mln (EUR 78 mln). The Fleet Street Estate comprises eight adjoining self-contained buildings which provide an aggregate lettable floor area of 18,628 m[sup]2[/sup].
