All articles by Martin Hurst – Page 3

  • News

    Power call for property researchers

    2008-11-24T18:00:00Z

    GLOBAL - Property researchers should be given greater decision-making powers and must work more closely with risk management, according to Jose Luis Pellicer from ING Wholesale.

  • Better together
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    Better together

    November 2008 (Magazine)

    The German Property Federation is one of Europe’s younger real estate trade associations, having been set up just two and a half years ago.

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    US may correct by 30% - JER Partners

    2008-11-06T18:06:00Z

    UNITED STATES - With the US entering the worst recession for 25 years, "the US real estate market may reprice by up to 30% following the correction of 10-20% that has already taken place," Michael Pralle, CIO and COO of US-based fund manager JER Partners, has told IPE Real Estate.

  • Setting the standard
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    Setting the standard

    October 2008 (Magazine)

    The UK unlisted funds industry is a global leader in terms of transparency, according to Rachel McIsaac, the energetic CEO of its representative body, AREF.

  • New powerhouse on the block
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    New powerhouse on the block

    October 2008 (Magazine)

    GE Real Estate has been in the property business for 50 years. Having invested primarily for itself during that time, it is now set to take the world of investment management by storm – rather late in the day, it would seem, and now facing a depressed market.

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    Valuers need to employ more tools

    2008-09-11T16:11:00Z

    GLOBAL - Valuers will in future have to use more data sources in arriving at their market estimates, but was just one of the points raised at this year’s IPD Real World Conference held at the University of Cambridge this week.

  • 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 ...

  • Reaching out
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    Reaching out

    July 2008 (Magazine)

    Launched in 2006, the Asian Real Estate Association (AREA) is growing rapidly and is forging alliances worldwide as Asia moves up investors’ agenda. Co-chair Nick Loup talks to Martin Hurst about AREA’s objectives and some of the key issues for investors in the region

  • Building synergies
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    Building synergies

    June 2008 (Magazine)

    Industry associations are reaching out to each other but it is still a very fragmented world out there. The Urban Land Institute draws together the industry’s many stakeholders from architect to investor.

  • Magazine

    Critical mass

    June 2008 (Magazine)

    Germany is a leader in green construction, yet it lacks a standard certificate. Why? Why is sustainability key to the strategy of Union Investment? Chair of its management board, Reinhard Kutscher talks to Martin Hurst

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    Winning back lost ground

    March 2008 (Magazine)

    After the contribution holiday of the early 1990s, which saw the funding level fall to 65%, the Clwyd Pension Fund has worked steadily towards improvement.

  • Membership privileges
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    Membership privileges

    March 2008 (Magazine)

    The EU and the property industry have come a long way in terms of mutual understanding – even appreciation – over the past 10 years or so.

  • Purchasing Power
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    Purchasing Power

    February 2008 (Magazine)

    Multi-employer pension fund UMR Corem has transformed the real estate portfolio since it was inherited in 2003 from a simple collection of Parisian apartments into a well-diversified, dynamic and purposeful allocation that returned nearly 30% last year – almost five times the average return of the whole fund.

  • Greening the property mainstream
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    Greening the property mainstream

    February 2008 (Magazine)

    Paul McNamara is a leading authority in the sustainable real estate debate: he chairs the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (property workstream), and is co-chair of the UNEP FI Property Working Group. Until recently, he chaired the IPF Special Interest Group on Sustainability. He believes strongly in the impact ...

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    Meeting the challenge

    February 2008 (Magazine)

    Rupert Nabarro founded IPD in 1985 with a staff of three, which has now grown to nearly 250. His achievement in bringing more clarity to an asset class lacking transparency have been recognised.

  • Punching above its weight
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    Punching above its weight

    December 2007 (Magazine)

    Founded in 2001, the pension fund of VRT, the public broadcasting company of Belgium’s Flemish community, has €430m total AUM. However it is not short on robustness in its approach. As is common with funds of this size, equities are the mainstay of VRT’s property allocation, as its manager, Florent ...

  • Elephant in the room
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    Elephant in the room

    December 2007 (Magazine)

    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 ...

  • Sticks and carrots
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    Sticks and carrots

    December 2007 (Magazine)

    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 ...

  • Chilly in Athens
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    Chilly in Athens

    November 2007 (Magazine)

    Athens was a mighty setting for a shaken industry, but delegates were upbeat as they welcomed EPRA’s new CEO Philip Charls. Martin Hurst reports

  • Enable the investor
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    Enable the investor

    November 2007 (Magazine)

    What do fund manager CFO/COOs need to provide for investors to ensure that their information needs are met? Martin Hurst reports