All Real Assets articles in November/December 2014 (Magazine) – Page 2

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    Expo Real: Investors shift their focus to cities and urbanisation trends

    November/December 2014 (Magazine)

    This year, Expo Real in Munich highlighted a widespread shift in strategy among leading global real estate investors. Institutions are increasingly targeting cities rather than national markets or sectors.

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    Mexico City: The Monarch takes flight

    November/December 2014 (Magazine)

    With a massive population, a new REIT regime, and an airport on the way, Mexico City is ready for more investments. Christopher O’Dea reports

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    Comparing prices

    November/December 2014 (Magazine)

    Is there a relationship between REIT prices and pricing in the growing market for secondary trading in unlisted funds? Paul Schneider investigates

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    Sector Focus: Logistics starts to deliver

    November/December 2014 (Magazine)

    The industrial markets in the US are finally coming into their own and investors are seeking to capitalise. Barbra Murray reports

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    In favour of global diversity

    November/December 2014 (Magazine)

    The effectiveness of diversification was brought into question during the financial crisis. But new research vindicates a global, ‘hybrid’ approach, writes Anne Breen

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    Survey reveals push-pull effects

    November/December 2014 (Magazine)

    Institutions remain below their target allocations but investor sentiment is moderating. Doug Weill and Michael Lisa report on the latest Allocations Monitor figures

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    Expo Real: IP Real Estate panel: London market nearing its ‘peak’

    November/December 2014 (Magazine)

    International real estate investors will continue to invest in London despite warnings that the market could be nearing a peak, delegates at Expo Real in Munich heard.

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    Survival of the fittest

    November/December 2014 (Magazine)

    Real estate investment managers are being forced to adapt to a harsher environment. Investors are increasingly looking to invest with fewer managers and are demanding more reporting and transparency. There is a need to be able to deploy capital much more quickly than was expected in the past, meaning that a particular investment strategy can be out of date by the time ‘blind-pool’ fundraising has taken place.

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    What price performance?

    November/December 2014 (Magazine)

    Most pension funds use external managers to select their assets, but this appears to be a costly choice, write Piet Eichholtz and Thomas Heijdendael