All Real Assets articles in May/June 2015 (Magazine)
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News
IP RE Global Awards: SWFs must grasp 'substantial' greenfield opportunities
Regulatory uncertainty should not discourage investors from emerging markets
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Magazine
Self Storage: Locking up stable returns
The self-storage industry is benefitting from an increasingly diverse customer base, while investors have enjoyed stable income and low volatility. James McCulloch explains
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UK Residential Sector: Investors vote for PRS
UK Housing has been a key issue for voters and investors. Russell Handy explores an increasingly popular but politicised asset class
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Interviews
Investor Interview: PensionDanmark
PensionDanmark is ploughing capital into sustainable property and energy infrastructure. Richard Lowe talks to Torben Möger Pedersen about the attraction of ‘stable alternatives’
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Global residential sector: On its own path
Residential has behaved differently to commercial property across Europe and the US. Mark Weedon explores its unique characteristics and the implications for markets like the UK
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Magazine
Germany: Unaffordable housing
Urban migration and a resurgence in institutional investment are pushing up the prices of housing construction, leading to a vicious circle. Barbara Ottawa reports
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Magazine
UK long-lease funds: The lustre of long-lease
The sector has been a runaway success in recent years. Lauren Parr asks what is next for long-lease funds and their inexorable growth
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Magazine
Investor Forum: Homing in on residential returns
Institutional investors are increasing their exposure to the residential sector. Rachel Fixsen asks six investors and advisers what the attraction is
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Magazine
Investor Survey: Investors move in favour of value-add strategies
Much has been written about the growing appetite among institutional investors for real estate. IP Real Estate’s survey of 75 institutions adds further evidence to the trend.
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Magazine
Student Housing: Europe does its homework
Is continental Europe about to catch up with the UK in turning student housing into an institutional market? Russell Handy takes notes
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Magazine
Infrastructure: Emerging in new markets
Investors need to consider investing in emerging markets if they are serious about infrastructure, writes Christopher O’Dea
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Magazine
Infrastructure: Water... And not a drop to drink
California’s drought has been making the headlines, but it is part of a wider story that investors should be following. Christopher O’Dea reports
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Magazine
Self Storage: A journey of self discovery
Investment in self storage has picked up momentum in recent years. Investors should expect growing consolidation and a new generation of stores, writes Ollie Saunders
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Magazine
Europe: The green continent
A new global index demonstrates the influence of EU regulation on sustainability performance of the region, writes Ben Farnell
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Magazine
City Focus: Hong Kong - Near-term uncertainty
US interest rates, capital inflows from China and attempts to cool residential markets are all weighing on Hong Kong’s markets. Tsering Namgyal reports
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Magazine
City Focus: Mexico City - Repeating the miracle
A real estate boom is in progress as Mexico’s government seeks to invoke the Mexican Miracle of the 1950s to 1980s. Christopher O’Dea reports
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Magazine
Social Housing: Homing in on cash flows
The financing of social housing is a potentially effective liability-matching investment for UK pension funds. Rachel Fixsen reports on a nascent institutional market
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Magazine
The case for listed real estate
Listed offers active management opportunities not typically exploitable in equities or direct investing, write Jan Willem Vis and Raul Leote de Carvalho
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Magazine
UK residential property: From capital to cash flow
As it becomes more institutional, investment performance will come more from income. Richard Donnell explores the PRS evolution
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Magazine
Investor Universe: Germany - Brave new investment world
New rules have made investments in real assets more accessible. Fund providers will have to adapt to a more regulated world, finds Barbara Ottawa