All Real Assets articles in September 2010 (Magazine) – Page 2

  • A hard rain
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    A hard rain

    September 2010 (Magazine)

    Funds and their managers are moving around in an unprecedented wave of consolidation. Is the industry ready to see the end of it yet? Shayla Walmsley reports

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    Moving target

    September 2010 (Magazine)

    At the very start of the downturn, Andrew Thornton joined forces with Jos Short to set up an opportunity fund. He talks to Richard Lowe about how a change in strategy led to Internos managing €1.5bn in European assets in just under two years

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    Transparency hits a plateau

    September 2010 (Magazine)

    Improvements in real estate disclosure and regulatory consistency have slowed to a crawl over the past two years, says Jeremy Kelly

  • Italy raises its game
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    Italy raises its game

    September 2010 (Magazine)

    Poor transparency has prevented Italy from realising its potential as a destination for foreign investment in real estate but a recent initiative offers new hope, as Anne Koeman and Raffaella Pinto report

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    AIM higher

    September 2010 (Magazine)

    The crisis had a severe impact on AIM-listed property companies and investment slowed to a trickle. But the long-term case remains strong for investors seeking diversification through important emerging markets, as Graeme Newell reports

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    Home concerns from abroad

    September 2010 (Magazine)

    Euro concerns and perceived better prospects elsewhere are hindering foreign investor interest in European product, says Christine Senior

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    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    September 2010 (Magazine)

    The impact of fiscal austerity measures on real estate performance in Europe is considered by Sabina Kalyan, who argues that even those countries with the biggest problems could deliver long-term benefits

  • Improving visibility
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    Improving visibility

    September 2010 (Magazine)

    What do leading indicators tell us about the future of the real estate market? Quite a lot, as Sotiris Tsolacos reports

  • Cold turkey
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    Cold turkey

    September 2010 (Magazine)

    The case for property as a diversification from equities will be strengthened – one of several consequences the shortage of debt capital will have on real estate investment, which are considered here by Mark Callender

  • Waiting for distress
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    Waiting for distress

    September 2010 (Magazine)

    Expectations of distress are keeping transaction volumes down and investors on the sidelines, as Stephanie Schwartz Driver reports

  • Re-emerging tigers
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    Re-emerging tigers

    September 2010 (Magazine)

    Overpriced Chinese residential is pushing investors towards greater Asia – but pan-Asian funds are out, reports Shayla Walmsley

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    Manager viewpoint: Global outperformance

    September 2010 (Magazine)

    Although risk-seeking is back on some real estate investors’ radar screens, it is balanced against an uneven pace of economic recovery globally, and a heightened sense of what American economist Ben Shalom Bernanke described as an “usually uncertain” economic outlook. Most economies in Asia Pacific are now as big, if ...

  • Variety performance
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    Variety performance

    September 2010 (Magazine)

    China has made more economic progress and is moving into the core-plus space, yet India offers greater transparency – and better prospects for opportunistic investors, as Megan Walters and Nick Crockett report

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    Still playing safe

    September 2010 (Magazine)

    Opportunities abound in office markets around the world but are some already becoming overpriced? The preference is still for quality as economic uncertainty persists, says Lynn Strongin Dodds

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    Waste yields new dividend

    September 2010 (Magazine)

    UK waste management: a new asset class within the industrial market? Ruth Hollies and Kevin Mofid report

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    Blurring the lines

    September 2010 (Magazine)

    Are investment consultants trying to take on fund of funds managers at their own game? Richard Lowe explores what is becoming an increasingly confusing space for investors