Latest reports – Page 3590
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Looking for a way out..?
...we won’t stand in your way. Real estate may be less illiquid than you think, even in today’s liquidity-diminished times. Ronald Dickerman reports
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London prepares for fallout
London is seen as one of the markets most likely to feel the impact of the credit squeeze. But the outlook is not so bleak, says Alex Williamson
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MagazineElephant in the room
Liz Peace became CEO of the British Property Federation in 2002, with a remit to raise the profile of the commercial property industry. She is a passionate and vocal standard bearer; the most recent of a long line of successes was the leadership of a pan-industry alliance which persuaded ...
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MagazineEmbracing the challenge
As they search for new ways to diversify their portfolios Finnish investors see opportunities in the current crisis. Rachel Fixsen reports
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MagazineGradual thaw
Icelandic pension funds’ relationship to real estate has been tenuous partly due to lack of product. Things are now changing as Maha Khan Phillips reports
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MagazineSo near, so far
Traditionally home-biased Norwegian pension funds are proceeding cautiously. The debate over the prudent man principle is a case in point. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports
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Home concerns from abroad
Increasing competition at home is forcing Danish pension funds to make allocations to property overseas, writes Maha Khan Phillips
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MagazineComfort zone
While some funds are looking overseas, a culture of conservatism and caution keeps the focus on the domestic market, says Lynn Strongin Dodds
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MagazineCross the investibility threshold
Almost a year after REITs’ introduction in the UK, legislation on investment in residential property is still work in progress. Rupert Dickinson reports
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MagazineSticks and carrots
Last year the FT referred to Prupim CEO Martin Moore as Britain’s third most powerful property player – after two politicians. He would never tell you that of course! At the helm since 1996, Moore is passionate about sustainability and the need to engage at the highest levels to progress ...
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MagazineIrrational delay
They move too slowly. They take too long. They lose out as a result. Are pension funds so hidebound by their own rules that they are missing the chance to generate returns? Shayla Walmsley finds out
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MagazineStates of ambition
Oil revenues are surging, the rate of development is staggering and the potential for returns is very appealing. But there are concerns about capacity and the role the region will play in the world economy. Ian Cundell reports
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MagazineAccommodating progress
REITs are breaking new ground in Dubai with potential for more in the region to soak up the vast excess of liquidity. Simon Gray reports
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MagazineThrough a glass darkly
Data, if you can get hold of it, needs to be meaningful; information, in turn, necessitates cooperation, as Charles Follows explains
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MagazineFettered dynamism
South Africa real estate tops the IPD performance index and the economic outlook is good but a shortage of prime real estate, building materials and a severe brain drain are clouding the horizon, as Lynn Strongin Dodds reports
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PropertyEU Archive
B&B European infrastructure fund reaches final closing
Australian investment and asset management group Babcock & Brown (B&B) has announced the final closing of its European Infrastructure Fund (BBEIF). The total commitments of EUR 2.17 bn exceed the initial target of EUR 1.5 bn.
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PropertyEU Archive
Areim Fund I shops in Stockholm
Andersson Real Estate Investment Management's newly launched fund Areim Fund I has made its first two investments with the purchase of a 7,500 m[sup]2[/sup] office development in the Hammarby Sjöstad area of Stockholm and a 40,000 m[sup]2[/sup] office in Kista, Stockholm, previously owned by Klövern and SEB Trygg Liv. In ...
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PropertyEU Archive
Implenia, Russian Land join forces in new Russian JV deal
Swiss construction services group Implenia is teaming up with Russian property developer Russian Land in a new 50/50 joint venture called Russian Land Implenia (RLI). RLI will take over the planning, execution and subsequent management of all Russian Land's 16 construction projects, including the redevelopment of the former Hotel Rossia ...
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PropertyEU Archive
JP Morgan, Metrovacesa offer EUR 1.7b for Santander's HQ
Spanish property giant Metrovacesa and JP Morgan are offering more than EUR 1.7 bn for Banco Santander's Boadilla del Monte headquarters, newspaper El Economista reported, citing unnamed sector sources. The newspaper added that Santander could book EUR 1 bn in capital gains from the operation, which is set to be ...
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PropertyEU Archive
Hansainvest snaps up Finnish building
Hamburg-based property company Hanseatische Investment (Hansainvest) has bought an office building in the Finnish city of Espoo from elevator maker Kone for EUR 35 mln. In a statement, Kone said it will occupy the building as a tenant under a long-term lease agreement.
