All Real Assets articles in May 2011 (Magazine) – Page 3

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    Business as usual?

    May 2011 (Magazine)

    The US is leading the CMBS recovery, with a significant increase in activity this year, while larger, more complex multi-borrower structures are making a comeback. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports

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    Horizons broadening

    May 2011 (Magazine)

    As China and India continue to power ahead, introducing the REIT framework will help boost transparency and liquidity. Pirkko Juntunen reports

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    Go boldly, tread carefully

    May 2011 (Magazine)

    Investors in residential would do well to consider opportunities globally but, as Gail Moss reports, the picture is very mixed, not least in Asia

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    Breaking down barriers

    May 2011 (Magazine)

    Secondary market trading portal PropertyMatch is -expanding into continental Europe, but given that the region is dominated by closed-end funds and that trading is much more complex, what scope is there for this instrument of liquidity? After all, a closed end fund is exactly that – closed. Christine Senior reports

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    Awkward fit?

    May 2011 (Magazine)

    Is real estate losing its status as the default alternative within multi-asset portfolios? Shayla Walmsley talks to two pension funds with very different multi-asset approaches, and a consultant who believes that, at least for pension funds, property has probably had its day

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    Varied appetites as regulation looms

    May 2011 (Magazine)

    Investment activity by insurance companies has been hit hard by uncertainty over Solvency II, but many pension funds are showing a healthy risk appetite and are enjoying more choice and better terms, as Gail Moss reports

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    A class apart

    May 2011 (Magazine)

    With core in short supply and overpriced, multi-family has become the firm favourite. Other residential sub-sectors are also looking strong, as Stephanie Schwartz-Driver reports

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    Who’s afraid of Solvency II?

    May 2011 (Magazine)

    As the countdown to Solvency II begins, the general consensus among institutional investors is that the new regime that comes into force in December 2012 will have few adverse effects on real estate investment as it is not directly aimed at the asset class. The feeling is that in the ...

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    Balance sheet balancing act

    May 2011 (Magazine)

    Transparency and consistency are the driving changes to lease accounting but the impact on tenants and the appetite for leasing arrangements will be significant, likewise the supply and quality of opportunities. Christine Senior reports

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    On the road to recovery

    May 2011 (Magazine)

    Funds round-up The real estate capital raising market continues to be nursed back to normality. It is not yet fully recovered, but the growing number and variety of successful launches suggest it is moving in the right direction. Richard Lowe reports