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  • Portuguese explorers make a comeback
    Magazine

    Portuguese explorers make a comeback

    August 2008 (Magazine)

    Growing interest in overseas real estate is not the only sign of progress among increasingly sophisticated investors, says Christine Senior

  • It takes all sorts...
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    It takes all sorts...

    August 2008 (Magazine)

    In order to establish and maintain good investor relations, managers must understand the difference between investor communities in different regions. Anne Gales and Ulises Flores report

  • Strategically speaking
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    Strategically speaking

    August 2008 (Magazine)

    Despite the challenging times being experienced by real estate, allocations to the asset class are set to increase. Flexibility in how and when to reach the target allocation seems to be the best policy. Richard Lowe spoke to three funds

  • Further and wider
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    Further and wider

    August 2008 (Magazine)

    For the first time, PREA’s survey of US investors gauges end user interest in property derivatives and investor perceptions about real estate fund investment criteria and governance.

  • Magazine

    Come together

    August 2008 (Magazine)

    Pension fund posses are a familiar idea for those seeking bigger, better deals in unfamiliar markets. Now the consortia are getting more adventurous.

  • Joined-up investing
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    Joined-up investing

    August 2008 (Magazine)

  • To the next level
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    To the next level

    August 2008 (Magazine)

    Last September Philip Charls took over from Nick van Ommen, the inaugural CEO of the European Public Real Estate Association. Not enough time for him to have made his mark already, perhaps, but he is clear about his ambitions – and the challenges facing him, as he sets out to ...

  • No end in sight?
    Magazine

    No end in sight?

    August 2008 (Magazine)

    The demand-supply balance is far healthier than it was in the 1990s, but it is clear the credit crunch is no short-term blip. The question is how long before it begins to affect the fundamentals of real estate?

  • Glass half full
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    Glass half full

    August 2008 (Magazine)

    It is not all doom and gloom. Success is still possible even in this market. Capital is flowing and the opportunities exist, says Terry Green

  • Downturn or end of an era
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    Downturn or end of an era

    August 2008 (Magazine)

    Despite the credit crunch, an excess of demand means that a substantial further correction might still be necessary. If inflation takes hold, yields might fall again.

  • Time to embrace service
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    Time to embrace service

    August 2008 (Magazine)

    Despite the link between tenant satisfaction and investment performance, some industry customers feel undervalued. Howard Morgan asks why

  • Fruits of consolidation
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    Fruits of consolidation

    August 2008 (Magazine)

    With the acquisition of Goodman Property Investors following the purchase of DEGI, Aberdeen PI has catapulted itself up the investment management league table, keeping true to the ambitious growth strategy it set some years ago.

  • Travelling in style
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    Travelling in style

    August 2008 (Magazine)

    Who said location was the be-all and end-all of property investment? As the range of returns across countries narrows, risk has become the new point of focus, as Alice Breheny reports

  • Easy access
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    Easy access

    August 2008 (Magazine)

    It is interesting that an investment tool that brings so much to the management of a real estate portfolio can be so misunderstood. Thanks to the efforts of a number of industry leaders things are changing, and a new initiative brings further hope.

  • Magazine

    Public private partnership

    August 2008 (Magazine)

    With multiple access points, property investors can maximise investment benefits in different markets at different stages of the investment cycle.

  • For whom the bell tolls
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    For whom the bell tolls

    August 2008 (Magazine)

    For all the fanfare, the legislative launch of UK and German REITs could hardly have been worse timed. Mark Faithfull asks what next for crashing NAVs, Teutonic indifference and acquisitive cash funds

  • PropertyEU Archive

    Irish Life buys mixed-use centre in Liege for EUR 70m

    2008-08-08T00:00:00Z

    Irish Life Assurance has acquired the Ilot Saint Michel mixed-use property in the centre of the Belgian city of Liege from Netherlands-based ING Real Estate for EUR 70mln. ING Real Estate said the divestment of the property was one of the final steps of a programme begun a few years ...

  • PropertyEU Archive

    Catalyst Capital debuts in Romanian logistics

    2008-08-08T00:00:00Z

    UK-based Catalyst Capital has acquired a portfolio of nine distribution and logistics units, totalling 54,200 m2, in the western Romanian cities of Arad and Timisoara from Italian company Incontro Prefabbricati for EUR 25mln. Catalyst, a pan-European investment, asset management and development group, bought the assets for its EUR 200mln WCC ...

  • PropertyEU Archive

    Gazit-Citi jv completes EUR 800m takeover of Meinl

    2008-08-08T00:00:00Z

    Tel Aviv-listed Gazit Globe and Citi Property Investors have completed the EUR 800mln takeover of CEE retail property specialist Meinl Land (MEL) and changed its name to Atrium European Real Estate.

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    SEB re-enters UK market with EUR 63m buy

    2008-08-08T00:00:00Z

    SEB Asset Management has re-entered the UK real estate market after an absence of several years by purchasing a prime logistics property in West Moor Park in Doncaster for EUR 63mln.