All Real Assets articles in September 2009 (Magazine)
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MagazineStranger on our doorstep
The EU’s proposed AIFM Directive lacks clarity and potentially creates more problems than it solves. Bas Kundu reports
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MagazineNew reality
The many constraints to the flow of capital means investors must reappraise their expectations. Andy Rofe reports
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MagazineNew urgency
The UK rights system is inefficient at recapitalisation and short-changes shareholders. Is it time to learn from the US system, asks Leonard Geiger
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MagazineManaging expectations
Refinancing raises a number of concerns for investors but these are not always in the best interest of the fund, as Deborah Lloyd explains
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MagazineKnow your neighbour
Investors have learnt it’s just as important to know and be aligned with fellow LPs as it is with the GP of a fund. Richard Lowe reports
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Smooth operator?
Debt investment has moved to centre stage but with foreclosures a real possibility do managers have the necessary property management expertise? Do your due diligence, say Claude Angéloz and Eliza Bailey
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MagazineSovereign wealth
The Crown Estate owns assets in the UK as diverse as wind farms and shorelines, but also manages a sizeable commercial portfolio. Investment director Paul Clark tells Richard Lowe why the industry needsto rethink its blind use of leverage on core assets, and why fund managers must be rewarded for ...
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A return to core values
Market conditions have made pension funds more acutely aware of the logic of taking a conservative approach to leveraging. Richard Lowe reports
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MagazineParting of the ways
The shift away from listed points to a variation of views regarding real estate’s role in the portfolio, as Shayla Walmsley reports
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Time to refocus
Belgian investors play safe. Now the priority is to de-risk and rebalance, says Shayla Walmsley
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MagazineKeeping faith
Is there a need to rebuild trust between investors and fund managers? As Richard Lowe discovers, good, professional managers invariably still have the trust of their investors, but are doing everything in their power to maintain it
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MagazineLong-term momentum
PREA’s investor survey finds a rise in larger target allocations and an increase to value and opportunistic strategies. Jack Nowakowski reports
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Strategy in brief
IPE Real Estate asked some of the leading managers for their views on some current issues facing investors and the market in general...
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MagazineInteresting times
Sustainability is catching on fast in the likes of India and China, which bears witness to the considerable progress that is being made in Asia’s vast and diverse property investment landscape. But you can still taste the pollution when you wake in Shanghai and HK, and although many parts of ...
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Milestone on a long road
A new index makes it possible to monitor the performance of sustainable property. The industry now needs to target smoother access to the raw data. Louise Ellison and Christina Cudworth report
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Magazine...but fog on the journey
Universal standards are key if investors are to make headway in greening their portfolios, says Steve Smith
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MagazineHow open is open?
Open ended funds are available in a variety of flavours depending on your need for liquidity relative to your need for real estate returns. In future funds must build in the capacity to withstand mass redemptions, as Robin Goodchild reports
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Surprise winner out of the turmoil?
Despite dramatic falls in real estate markets the case for the asset class remains strong, with investor attention focused on how they gain access to real estate. Property derivatives have emerged as a strong contender say Daragh McDevitt, Pretty Sagoo and Peter Hobbs
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In catch-up mode
Risk management was sometimes disregarded during the feeding frenzy of the boom years; today debt, liquidity and tenant risk are in sharp focus. Christine Senior reports
