Martin Hurst
NewsPremium for green buildings 'not common sense' for most companies
Buck Consultants argues sustainable issues play 'minor role' in new office site selection.
NewsINREV updates classification for non-listed property
Refines original framework from 2004, which classified styles as core, value-added or opportunity.
NewsUK residential has outperformed overseas CRE funds – Wellcome Trust
Martin Hurst finds that UK residential holdings are looked upon favourably at the MIPIM conference.
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Strength, control and sustainability
Blowout, collapse, rubble, ashes, consolidation, takeover – these are words we have heard a lot in the last few years as the -industry downturn has claimed victim after victim, manager after manager, leaving many investors high and dry. But here’s a deal with a difference – one where all parties appear to win. Noel Manns talks to Martin Hurst about Europa Capital’s success, its new strategic investor and what this means for the fund manager and its investors
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South Carolina Employees to establish real estate strategy
GLOBAL - South Carolina Retirement System is planning to establish its first formal real estate investment strategy.
NewsInvestors should broaden their real estate investment options, says IPF chair
GLOBAL – Institutional investors in real estate should consider the full range of options offered by the capital markets, according to John Gellatly, head of global real estate multi-manager at Aviva Investors and chair of the Investment Property Forum (IPF).
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A public affair
Amid a more bullish atmosphere at this year’s EXPO Real, INREV’s new chairman, Michael Morgenroth and its new CEO, -Matthias Thomas, stress that the industry still faces big challenges, including the need to engage positively and proactively with the regulators. They speak to Martin Hurst
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First things first
Two years into the job, Allianz Real Estate CEO Olivier Piani is still on track to achieve his real estate allocation target in spite of a sticky market. He talks to Martin Hurst about strategic allocation objectives, Solvency II, lending and third-party management
NewsReal estate industry must raise professional standards, says PGGM
EUROPE – Real estate needs to raise its level of professional standards – including performance measurement – to those of other asset classes, according to Guido Verhoef, head of private real estate at PGGM.
NewsReal estate industry 'lags rest of business' on customer service
GLOBAL – The real estate industry still has "a long way to go" to catch up the rest of business in its approach to customers, according to Howard Morgan, managing director of real estate customer service consultants RealService.
NewsATP Real Estate calls for manager 'early-warning' system
EUROPE – At a panel discussion at this year's INREV CFO/COO conference in Copenhagen, speakers discussed how to balance the need for managers to communicate with investors at a time when they were also being asked to charge less for their services.
NewsFunds of funds require more transparency on fees, says INREV
GLOBAL – Managers of funds of funds require greater transparency on fees from the funds in which they invest, according to Lonneke Löwik, INREV's director of research and market information.
NewsSampension to return to property market with first US investment
GLOBAL – Sampension, which manages three Danish labour-market pension funds, is to return to active property investing next year for the first time since 2008.
NewsINREV prepares for lobbying; Solvency II a 'key priority'
EUROPE – INREV will be taking on the function of lobbying Brussels on behalf of the non-listed real estate industry.
NewsNew index rates London City offices 'hottest' CRE market
GLOBAL – A new commercial property index launched in London this week found London City offices to be the world's most attractive commercial real estate market, underpriced by 11.6%.
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Stars under observation
IPE Real Estate’s survey of European institutional real estate investors found that the top 100 account for €135bn in real estate AUM globally. Martin Hurst presents some of the findings which show little movement between current and target allocations
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Pushing potential as uncertainty abounds
In his new role as global head of property at Aberdeen Asset Management, Andrew Smith has a packed agenda, and his appointment comes at a critical time for the company’s £23bn (€28bn) real estate business, as new opportunities emerge in an investment climate still fraught with uncertainty. He talks to ...
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Trousers down
In 2008 the German property company and fund management house IVG made a loss of €457.1m, a shock to the system after the healthy profit of €301m recorded in the previous year. As the soul-searching began, Gerhard Niesslein took over as spokesman of the board. Today, just over a year ...
NewsNominations for Outstanding Industry Contributions and Best Investment Consultancy
The IPE Real Estate Awards is about finding and rewarding the best in their field. And This is the part of the process where we need your help.
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Expectations Indicator
The IP Real Estate table of market sector expectations is the result of a survey among leading real estate managers asking for their views on the values of direct property investments/underlying fund assets over the next 12 months.
