All Regulation articles – Page 22
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Universal Investment given green light for Spezialfonds
Firm joins growing list of third-party KAG providers
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Solvency II will 'force' insurance companies to slash real estate
Asset class would be 'unprofitable' if framework survives in current form, experts warn.
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Property, infrastructure looking more attractive in wake of QE2, experts say
UK pension funds should consider alternative asset classes after latest bout of quantitative easing.
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European real estate 'yet to price in euro-zone risk', says Natixis
Investors should price in higher risk premiums to reflect chance of 'euro-zone attrition'.
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Germany's Nordbank 'in no hurry' to sell off real estate loans
Bank must reduce AUM to €82bn and cut payroll by 2014 in return for state aid.
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Inquiry into Swiss BVK real estate division finds 'inadequacies'
Experts criticise lack of staff and need for governmental approval on property deals
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Irish ban on upward-only rent increases to cause 'substantial' investor losses
Opposition parties attack proposal, while survey estimates €14bn value loss.
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Privatisation of Spanish airports to 'attract' local, foreign pension funds
EISER Infrastructure fund considers local investors familiar with Spanish market.
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French pension funds take dim view of domestic property market
Pensions schemes reducing size of real estate portfolios, shifting investment into equities, bonds.
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Real estate fund industry begins to mobilise against Solvency II
INREV chairman 'confident' regulators will cut 25% capital charge for insurers holding direct property.
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Real estate should benefit from inflation, argues Cambridge's Lizieri
Addressing IP Real Estate's Investor Forum, academic also questions if refinancing should continue.
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Consolidation in real estate not welcomed by investors, finds survey
Survey of investors presented at IP Real Estate Awards finds 62% oppose further consolidation.
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Fraud, fiscal irregularities found at half of Dutch real estate companies
Internal Revenue Service orders 600 real estate companies to pay €330m in fines and back taxes.
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UK commercial property to struggle for 'next seven years'
L&G cites introduction of Basel III and increasing capital requirements as deciding factors.
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IPD research calls for 15% real estate Solvency II threshold
Says findings based on pan-European data, as opposed to real estate value movements in UK.
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Invista highlights European north-south divide
Company predicts south will lag behind north due to slower GDP growth over next five years.
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CFA Institute calls for REIT governance overhaul in Asia
Seeks to minimise conflicts of interest between external management, REIT unit-holders.
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Analysis: The trouble with Germany's open-ended funds
GERMANY – The German government is doing its utmost to rescue the country's open-ended real estate funds from their current liquidity crisis and enable the sector to operate on a sustainable basis.
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EPRA urges property company exemption from derivatives regulations
EUROPE – The European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA) has urged the EU to prevent property companies from getting caught up in derivatives regulations designed to combat speculators.
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Solvency II will lead 75% of European insurers to revise property strategies
EUROPE – Close to three-quarters of European insurance companies will revise their real estate commitments as a result of incoming Solvency II regulations, according to data providers Preqin.