All Real Assets articles in November 2013 (Magazine)
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Single-family housing builds institutional momentum
The closing of a €716m US residential fund is the latest sign that single-family homes in the US are becoming an institutional asset class in their own right. Stephanie Schwartz-Driver reports
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Will tapering temper property?
What does the prospect of tapering of QE and a potential rise in interest rates mean for real estate? Rachel Fixsen talks to six investors and advisers
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Prelios primed for recovery
Italian real estate has begun to attract global investors again and so Prelios’ restructuring and reorganisation could be well timed. Richard Lowe speaks to CEO Sergio Iasi
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Managing a new world order
New regulations, market growth and greater investor demands are ushering in a new era for real estate fund managers, writes Phil McGowan
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REST Industry Super
REST Industry Super was established in 1988, originally named the Retail Employees Superannuation Trust before changing its name two years ago. Open to all Australians, REST is among the country’s largest funds by membership, with more than AUD25bn (€17.6bn) of funds under management.
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Industrial revolution
Acquisitions and joint ventures are reshaping the European logistics sector and creating dominant, multi-platform players. Mark Faithfull reports
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Trouble at Europe’s gateway
Civil unrest and vulnerability to US monetary tightening has cast doubt on an economic success story. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports
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US event focuses on opportunities in Europe
The Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) provided more evidence of the growing interest in European real estate among US institutional investors when it held its 23rd Annual Investor Real Estate Conference in Chicago at the end of October.
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Integrate or differentiate?
Is listed property managed as part of investors’ real estate allocations? A survey by Property Funds Research and Consilia Capital for EPRA strikes at the heart of the matter. Alex Moss reports
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Danes devise new strategies
Danish pension funds have reorganised to take advantage of the appetite for real estate investments. Rachel Fixsen reports
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MagazineTwo sides of the same coin
Are investors’ objectives better met by investing in debt or equity? Greg Taylor investigates
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Will Italians rise to the challenge?
Regulations have made participation in real estate markets difficult for Italian pension funds. Carlo Svaluto Moreolo investigates
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What causes commercial properties to depreciate?
IPF-sponsored research by Neil Crosby, Steven Devaney and Anupam Nanda examines the drivers of depreciation for office and industrial buildings
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Poland and Russia draw in the capital
CEE Central & Eastern Europe and Russia offer a variety of risks and opportunities for real estate investors. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports
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Brazil home to international competition
As domestic property investment managers raise their game, Stephanie Schwartz-Driver asks if there is room for international players
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London Pension Funds Authority
The London Pension Funds Authority (LPFA) has been undergoing a review of its investment strategy since late-2012, which should lead to an increase of its weighting towards illiquid assets (to 40-50% of its total assets). This grouping of asset classes includes real estate and private equity, but infrastructure looks more ...
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Ilmarinen to boost real assets
Esko Torsti tells Rachel Fixsen how Ilmarinen is intending to increase its property and infrastructure exposure
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Ilmarinen to boost real assets
Esko Torsti tells Rachel Fixsen how Ilmarinen is intending to increase its property and infrastructure exposure
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Snapshot of emerging asset class
A survey by IPE and Stirling Capital Partners shows strong appetite for infrastructure investments among institutions
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MagazineAsset class faces ‘broad brush’
In its current state, Solvency II presents a barrier to investments in ‘core’ infrastructure by European insurers, write William Coatesworth, Serkan Bahceci and Edward Collinge
