All articles by Poppy Sketchley – Page 11
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Empty rates reform are 'empty promise'
UK - UK government proposals to temporarily scrap rate for empty properties with an estimated value of less than £250,000 (€299,110) are nothing more than empty spin and do little to help the market, according to property experts.
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New Star loses shine with real estate investors
UK – The £673m (€811m) New Star International Property fund has been forced to temporarily suspended dealings following an increase in redemptions from institutional clients.
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CalPERS’ sustainability reduces tenants energy use
US – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System’s (CalPERS) real estate partners have helped make significant progress towards the pension fund’s environmental goals.
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Real estate derivatives gain fresh impetus
UK - Derivatives offer real estate investors good opportunities to diversify their portfolio, according to property experts at the ING Real Estate Annual Seminar.
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Ohio School Employees to redeem real estate assets
UNITED STATES - School Employees Retirement System of Ohio is in the process of issuing redemption queues on the RREEF America REIT II and BlackRock Strategic Apartment funds.
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Property sector finally unveiled for UK unlisted market
UK – The Investment Management Association (IMA), trade body to the £3.4trn (€3.99trn) UK fund management industry, and its Performance Category Review Committee (PCRC) have created a new property sector.
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Dubai acts to shore real estate from market risk
MIDDLE EAST - The Dubai Government has formed a committee to tackle the impact of the financial crisis on its previously affluent property market and to restore investors’ confidence.
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Grosvenor reviews its business priorities
EUROPE- Grosvenor is planning to concentrate on developing its fund management business in continental Europe.
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Aviva signs new real estate finance chief
UK – Aviva Investors has announced the appointment of Marcus Shepherd as the company’s new real estate finance director.
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Negative rental growth now global
GLOBAL – Rental growth has turned negative on a global scale and the downturn in emerging markets is accelerating, the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) finds in its latest quarterly global report.
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UK sets new record for fall in capital values
UK – UK commercial property capital values fell by record levels last month, according to Investment Property Databank (IPD).
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UK will start to recover in 2010 – Schroders
UK – The UK commercial real estate market will not stabilise until the latter part of 2009 but should begin to recover in 2010 according to Schroder Property.
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PME looks for global opportunities
NETHERLANDS – Pensioenfonds van de Metalektro (PME) is diversifying its real estate exposure by investing opportunistically on a global basis.
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Europe to produce ‘acceptable’ returns in the medium-term
EUROPE – Investors can generate “acceptable or attractive” returns from most of the European markets over the medium-term, according to a report by Invesco Real Estate.
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Orion ready for European bargains
Europe – Orion Capital Managers has raised €900m of capital for its latest opportunistic property fund which will aim to buy bargain real estate across Europe.
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CalPERS’s housing values plummet
UNITED STATES – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) announced yesterday a 35% decline in the market value of its residential real estate portfolio.
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Prologis loses chief and halts new developments
GLOBAL – ProLogis, the world’s largest logistics developer, has announced the resignation of chief executive officer Jeffrey Schwartz at a time when the company is halting further developments.
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Sustainability should come first – Watson Wyatt
GLOBAL - Investors must place sustainability at the top of their agenda, because it is likely to have a significant impact on commercial real estate and even improve returns, according to Watson Wyatt.
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German funds hit hardest by institutional outflows
GERMANY – Recent redemptions from German open-ended funds (GOEFs) were “mainly driven by institutional investors rather than retail investors,” according to a senior analyst for CB Richard Ellis.
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Land Securities abandons demerger plans
UK – Land Securities announced yesterday in its half-yearly annual results that “adverse market conditions” have forced the firm to abandon its demerger plans in order to protect shareholders’ interests.
