All Real Assets articles in May 2011 (Magazine) – Page 2
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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: 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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Empower the investor
Private equity real estate needs a hefty dose of Darwinism, according to Ian Laming
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Emerging potential
ASian markets A shortage of CPI-based rental indexation and the role played by market authorities in controlling real estate markets make real estate in Asia less potent as an inflation hedge than it is in the west, but only in the short term, as Patrick Lecomte reports
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Rising in the East
Investments in Asian non-listed property funds are expected to increase as growing confidence and maturity go hand in hand. Clara Lee presents the results of the fourth ANREV survey
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The dynamics of expansion
The risk that interest rates will return to the historical -average is the only cloud on an otherwise bright horizon for US real estate, says Randy Mundt
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Dress rehearsal
The FSA Remuneration Code has raised barely a ripple among UK investors. It is just a dry run for the real thing. Shayla Walmsley reports
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Diverging markets
The communist legacy in the CEE is passing into history, but the degree to which real estate markets have made the transition to maturity from an investment perspective varies, says Jeremy Birkett-Jones
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Tangible distinction
Property businesses that use swaps to hedge interest rate or other risks must not ignore the European Market Infrastructure Regulation, as Peter Cosmetatos explains
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MagazineDisequilibrium threatens
Do rising bond yields threaten property yields? If interest rates rise in line with forecasts we will see reverse yield gaps in several European cities, says Sotiris Tsolacos
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Deflated expectations
Recent evidence that property doesn’t necessarily offer an inflation hedge is getting through to pension funds, says Shayla Walmsley
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Who’s your daddy?
Portfolio listed REITs, although increasingly popular among institutional investors, are mostly held by only a few institutional blockholders. So what effect does this clustering have on REIT stock price performance? Dirk Brounen, Nils Kok and David Ling report
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Choice reaches new milestone
The reporting best practice Non-listed funds’ transparency improved strongly last year but there is still room for improvement. Andrew Mituzas reports
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A strengthening case
Real estate investment remains strong, due partly to inflation concerns, says Frank Schnattinger, who presents findings from his latest survey of German investors
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