All Regulation articles – Page 26
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Pension funds gain improved fee position
GLOBAL - The dynamic between managers and investors has shifted in favour of investors for the time being, according to Allen Smith, CEO of US-based investment manager Prudential Real Estate Investors (which operates under the name of Pramerica Real Estate investors outside the US).
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IVSB appoints its first chair
UK/GLOBAL – Chris Thorne, technical head of valuation at property consultants Atisreal, has been appointed the chairman of a new International Valuation Standards Board (IVSB).
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Experts name valuations as the next big headache
UK/GLOBAL – The inconsistent valuation process is one of the main challenges facing the real estate industry at the moment, according to experts at the IPD/IPF Property investment Conference 2008 held in Brighton last week.
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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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Power call for property researchers
GLOBAL - Property researchers should be given greater decision-making powers and must work more closely with risk management, according to Jose Luis Pellicer from ING Wholesale.
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Foreign investors get smaller piece of the pie
CHINA – Domestic investors took an increasing larger share of the real estate investment market in China in the first half of the year, a report by property consultants DTZ shows.
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Sustainable leases get the green light
UK – The first clear framework to help landlords and occupiers increase the environmental performance of existing buildings has been published, claims the UK’s Better Building Partnership (BBP).
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EC sustainability still a long way off real estate
EUROPE – The European Commission has revealed draft proposals for an EU-wide Energy and Water Performance of Buildings Directive this week in a bid to encourage sustainability and more energy efficiency in buildings across Europe, but experts maintain the EC still has a long way to go before achieving a ...
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Study presents fresh call for EU REITs
GLOBAL - Real estate experts have today unveiled the first blueprint of how an EU Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) might work and insisted now is the time to push the proposal through the Commission in Brussels.
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Demolition threats add fuel to UK empty properties row
UK – Findings from CBI/GVA Grimley’s latest Corporate Real Estate Survey have added further weight to the British Property Federation’s campaign to restore empty rate relief for unoccupied properties, as indications are a fifth of companies polled are planning to demolish buildings to avoid paying extra tax.
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Netherlands tightens measures against property fraud
NETHERLANDS - The Dutch government is stepping up its efforts to prevent property fraud by tightening rules for notaries, surveyors and brokers.
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'Flat' review sparks talk over UK housing potential
UK – A government-commissioned report on proposed reforms for UK rented housing has sparked a debate which suggests the country’s top property experts disagree on the best way to help investors tap opportunities in the UK’s residential marketplace.
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INREV calls for single best practice framework
GLOBAL - Fund managers and investors have been invited to consider plans to combine all eight industry guidelines established by the European Association for Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate Vehicles (INREV) into one integrated best practice document.
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Investors call for Thai real estate rule change
THAILAND – Thailand’s government is being urged to relax foreign ownership regulations governing real estate, in a bid to shore up its residential property market during the global economic downturn.
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Germany steps in protect Hypo’s funds behind the funds
GERMANY – A consortium of German banks has stepped in at the eleventh hour to provide Hypo Real Estate, a provider of loans and financing to real estate purchases and funds, with assets to meet its financing obligations.
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Swiss cut real estate investment limit
SWITZERLAND – The Swiss government has passed new investment regulations for Pensionskassen which put more emphasis on the prudent person principle and the responsibility of heads of Pensionskassen but which also lower the investment limits on assets such as real estate.
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REIT changes demanded
GERMANY – German REIT companies have a long list of demands on how to change the REIT legislation, according to the online information portal www.reits-in-deutschland.de.
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US funds 'wait and see' over Lehman bankruptcy
UNITED STATES - Several pension funds in the United States have yet to make any decisions about the activity it will now take regarding previous commitments made to Lehman Brothers-sponsored commingled real estate funds, after the firm today announced it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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Valuers need to employ more tools
GLOBAL - Valuers will in future have to use more data sources in arriving at their market estimates, but was just one of the points raised at this year’s IPD Real World Conference held at the University of Cambridge this week.
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EPRA calls for focus on cross-border possibilities
EUROPE - Addressing the barriers to efficient cross-border investment in European real estate is more important in the near-term than lobbying for the creation of pan-European real estate investment trust (REIT) regime, according to the European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA).
