All articles by Richard Lowe – Page 96
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MagazineRiding through the storm
Recent months have illustrated the unpredictability of the real estate investment markets. William Hill tells Richard Lowe how Schroder Property dealt with the turmoil of 2007-08 in the UK and is now looking to take advantage of the recovery when it comes
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MagazineThe price is right?
The fund of funds sector is growing and attracting a wider range of investors. But, as Richard Lowe discovers, the issue of cost and how this affects performance concerns pension funds
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MagazineBaby boomer or enfant terrible?
Infrastructure is still a young asset class, but it has the potential to grow bigger than private equity or even real estate. First, though, it must attract sceptical investors Richard Lowe reports
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MagazineFilling the void
The absence of an unlisted index has been one of the biggest obstacles for institutions wishing to invest in infrastructure. But this will not be the case for very long, says Richard Lowe
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Crisis of confidence
The Pension Fund Real Estate Association’s 18th Annual Plan Sponsor Conference, held in Chicago, could not have taken place at a more uncertain time. Richard Lowe reports from what felt like the eye of the storm
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In perspective
Understanding the unpredictability of the future is as important as learning from the past when facing global market upheaval. This was one of the messages at this year’s annual EPRA conference.
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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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MagazineTime to apply the brakes?
Fund launches and equity raises continued at a fair pace in the third quarter of 2008, but investors may now be holding back until more certainty returns, as Richard Lowe reports
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US managers begin switch from deals to strategy
UNITED STATES - US real estate investment managers are shifting their focus away from deal-specific research to strategic portfolio analysis, more in line with their European counterparts, as a side effect of the current market uncertainty, according to the International Property Databank (IPD).
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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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MagazineActive discrimination
The appeal of emerging markets is the opportunity to tap into stellar growth from a low base. There are numerous economies around the world with the necessary population size and GDP growth to offer such potential, but why are global investors dismissing some markets in favour of others?
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MagazineOpportunity and reality
Emerging markets play a key role in the global diversification of pension fund real estate portfolios. But investors must understand the risks. Richard Lowe reports
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MagazineTaking aim
With Russia and Latin America in the sights of German pension fund NAEV, Hermann Aukamp tells Richard Lowe about finding the right products once a market has been identified
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MagazineGoing global
Emerging markets are playing an increasingly important role for Austria’s APK Pensionskasse seeing a marked shift from eastern Europe to Asia in recent years. Richard Lowe reports
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MagazineBaby steps
The mature, transparent market of teh UK remains key for the Universities Superannuation Scheme. But the large British institution is making cautious steps into central and eastern Europe and Asia. Richard Lowe reports
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Getting focused
ING Real Estate’s fund of funds business goes global and Asia Pacific products continue to accumulate. In Europe, lower expected returns from core direct new fund launches towards distressed opportunities, alternatives assets and sector-focused strategies.
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MagazineGrowing pains
Danish pension fund ATP signalled its international intent this year with its first real estate investments outside Europe. Michael Nielsen tells Richard Lowe about the challenges in managing a global indirect portfolio that is growing larger than its direct domestic counterpart
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East or West?
Global diversification is the order of the day for many European pension funds. For some, Asia is the obvious destination to diversify away from European real estate. For others it’s the US.
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MagazineHome or away?
Continental Europe is the obvious next step for UK pension funds keen to diversify their domestic-based portfolios. But, as Richard Lowe discovers, its deteriorating outlook has strengthened the case for ‘going global’ while many are seeking opportunities at home
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MagazineFar from the madding crowd
Banks with any real appetite for lending are few and far between and seem justified in their strict conditions and high margins. Yet while developers suffer, many pension funds could benefit. But how long will the new realism last?
