Martin Hurst

  • News

    Premium for green buildings 'not common sense' for most companies

    2011-03-28T11:00:00

    Buck Consultants argues sustainable issues play 'minor role' in new office site selection.

  • News

    INREV updates classification for non-listed property

    2011-03-17T15:00:00

    Refines original framework from 2004, which classified styles as core, value-added or opportunity.

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    UK residential has outperformed overseas CRE funds – Wellcome Trust

    2011-03-14T16:30:00

    Martin Hurst finds that UK residential holdings are looked upon favourably at the MIPIM conference.

  • Magazine

    Strength, control and sustainability

    March 2011 (Magazine)

    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

  • News

    South Carolina Employees to establish real estate strategy

    2010-12-16T15:45:00

    GLOBAL - South Carolina Retirement System is planning to establish its first formal real estate investment strategy.

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    Investors should broaden their real estate investment options, says IPF chair

    2010-11-29T10:45:00

    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

    November 2010 (Magazine)

    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

    November 2010 (Magazine)

    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

  • News

    Real estate industry must raise professional standards, says PGGM

    2010-11-22T13:45:00

    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.

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    Real estate industry 'lags rest of business' on customer service

    2010-11-22T13:30:00

    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.

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    ATP Real Estate calls for manager 'early-warning' system

    2010-11-22T11:45:00

    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.

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    Funds of funds require more transparency on fees, says INREV

    2010-11-22T11:30:00

    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.

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    Sampension to return to property market with first US investment

    2010-11-18T12:00:00

    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.

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    INREV prepares for lobbying; Solvency II a 'key priority'

    2010-10-07T15:45:00

    EUROPE – INREV will be taking on the function of lobbying Brussels on behalf of the non-listed real estate industry.

  • News

    New index rates London City offices 'hottest' CRE market

    2010-08-19T14:43:00

    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%.

  • Magazine

    Stars under observation

    August 2010 (Magazine)

    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

  • Magazine

    Pushing potential as uncertainty abounds

    August 2010 (Magazine)

    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

    May 2010 (Magazine)

    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 ...

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    Nominations for Outstanding Industry Contributions and Best Investment Consultancy

    2010-04-23T16:10:00

    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

    2010-03-03T10:15:00

    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.

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