All Magazine articles – Page 73
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Manager viewpoint: Momentum returning in Europe
As an asset class, residential real estate has become more attractive across Europe. That said, for the majority of current leads, the maxim is “Back to the old markets.” It is important to note European residential real estate markets manifest four cross-border trends at the moment that will influence developments ...
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Investor viewpoint: Timing is everything
The pension fund for doctors in the North Rhine-region (NAEV) has an alternative portfolio with a heavy bias to real estate diversified beyond Germany and Europe, including Asia.
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Manager viewpoint: The shining example
It is the “comeback of the year”. The hitherto “sick man of Europe” is healthier than ever, and is now top of all real estate investors shopping lists – Germany is “in”. Figures, headlines and surveys point towards a buoyant economy – businesses, manufacturers, Mittlestand, consumers etc. – everyone is ...
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Institutional exodus
Ten funds are frozen and three are to be liquidated, while the government has sought to bring stability via rules that favour private investors.Richard Lowe considers whether the German open-ended fund sector will remain viable
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MagazineFit for purpose
Asset selection Property can provide an effective hedge against inflation but to do so it must possess key -attributes, as Nick Winsley explains
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Fleet of foot
Asset selection Investors can turn inflation to their advantage but they need to implement new -strategies and act quickly, say Martin Eberhardt and Sigrun Lüttringhaus
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Let it flow, let it flow
The US has become more popular with European investors but protectionism – or the perceived threat of protectionism – will stem foreign investment in US real estate just when it is most needed. Sam Chandan reports
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‘Fluffy’ investors learn hard lesson
Family offices are an eclectic bunch of investors with many differing views on real estate allocation. But post downturn, a common trend can be seen in the shift from complex products to something more tangible and transparent, as Christine Senior reports
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Rapid-reaction force
While the size of the German family office sector is unclear, it is a significant group with the ability to act quickly that larger institutions often do not have. Ralf Schlautmann reports
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Generational shift
In March, INREV launched its next-generation fund style classification and an accompanying style classification guide – -innovations that aim to increase transparency across non-listed real estate funds. Lonneke Löwik explains
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When in Germany...
Will German insurance companies be able to invest more in real estate products following the latest moves by the German regulator? Sven Behrends considers the outlook
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In safe hands?
The more the merrier, or the more the more expensive? Multi-managers have grown significantly in the past few years, but what is driving the growth – and, more importantly, are they worth it? Shayla Walmsley reports
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High-rise investment
The real estate exposure of Austrian pension funds has increased over the past few years, but it might have reached a ceiling for now. They have ventured far enough to avoid confined or crowded markets, Barbara Ottawa finds
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Home to REST
REST, one of Australia’s largest super-annuation funds, is targeting new real estate investments as it searches for secure income streams. Richard Lowe speaks to CEO Damian Hill about how he is finding little reason to look outside the domestic market
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Home strategy
Swiss pension funds are still mainly invested in domestic real estate and there are no signs of this changing despite some experts calling for more diversification. Barbara Ottawa finds out why
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Navigating instability
Supply-side risks and competition from local investors will be important considerations for investors into China and India where development is likely to remain the principal strategy as Milan Khatri and Glyn Nelson report
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League leaders
Strong economic performance has driven Germany and Nordic markets to the top of investor shopping lists, but those seeking large liquid markets should still be looking at London and Paris, as Gail Moss reports
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Manager viewpoint: Short-term risks persist
Despite heightened risk concerns from potential interest rate hikes in developed economies, credit rating downgrades in Greece and other euro-zone countries, conflicts in the Middle East and Africa, and the economic impacts of natural disasters in the Pacific, we remain confident of the economic outlook in the Asia-Pacific markets, which ...
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Maturing nicely
Demographic trends and resilience to economic ills are making senior housing an -increasingly compelling investment opportunity and even where very traditional attitudes exist regarding care of the elderly within the family, cultural barriers are now breaking down. But it is not all good news, as Lynn Strongin Dodds reports
