All Real Assets articles in September 2011 (Magazine) – Page 2
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Drawing a line in the sand
The economic division that has emerged between northern and southern Europe is filtering through to property markets. Pirkko Juntunen explores what this polarisation means for investors
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German vehicles drive on
Spezialfonds continue to grow in popularity as German institutional investors target property from Berlin to Warsaw. Shayla Walmsley reports
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In the driving seat
Solvency II and demand for secure income are making France’s institutional investor community a driving force behind the French real estate recovery. Gail Moss reports
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MagazineExtracting the truth
Did the varying behaviour of European real estate markets since the onset of the crisis have as much to do with approaches to valuation as underlying property fundamentals? Ian Cullen looks at some of the latest IPD research for an answer
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Fear of heights?
Is now the time to move up the risk curve and consider value-add strategies? Shayla Walmsley talks to a number of investors, managers and advisers
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Safety first
The fact that PFA Ejendomme is invested in three development projects does not mean it is going all-out for risk. Director Michael Willumsen tells Shayla Walmsley why the pension fund subsidiary is sticking with core
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Foiled at the outset
A new generation of CMBS and CDOs has already hit the rocks. Shayla Walmsley asks what this means for the ailing securitised debt market
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Looking forward
Institutional investors are starting to provide forward funding for pre-let development projects in the UK. Lynn Strongin Dodds investigates whether it might feasibly fill the financing gap left behind by the banks
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From fraud to fund strategy
The reputation of the Dutch real estate industry suffered another blow this year with the disclosure of a large fraud investigation. As Leen Preesman discovered, Dutch pension funds have other property-related matters to contend with
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Gaining momentum
Commercial real estate transaction volumes in the US surged in the second quarter, with portfolio deals on the rise, according to latest RCA figures. Peter Slatin looks at the details
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Get in line
The turnaround in the underlying core real estate market in the US has been mirrored by high demand for open-ended institutional property funds. Stephanie Schwartz-Driver looks at why entry queues have replaced mass redemptions
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A safe haven?
What better port in the current storm? Michael Cohen assesses the attractiveness of the US for global investors on a sector-by-sector basis
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Heat retention
Despite the economic uncertainty, some prime real estate markets remain attractive, says DTZ’s Fair Value Index. Ben Burston and Tony McGough report
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Too late for the office party?
Investors flocking to safety are looking to prime office properties. But with prices rising and bidding wars erupting, are these markets already overheated? Stephanie Schwartz-Driver investigates
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Searching for the missing link
Sustainable Investment in Real Estate (s-i-r-e) is conducting an empirical study on the financial performance of sustainable European office and retail assets owned by more than 40 fund managers and investment firms. Juerg Bernet, Sarah Sayce, Rupert Ledl and Maarten Vermeulen report on its first findings
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Two-storey market
An escalating sovereign debt crisis has triggered the emergence of an increasingly polarised European office market. John Danes looks at the diverging fortunes of north and south
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Size matters
Prologis just got bigger, following its merger with AMB. European president Philip Dunne talks to Richard Lowe about managing an increased number of mandates and its recent ownership tussle with APG
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A meeting of two worlds
A growing number of institutional investors are combining REIT portfolios with their non-listed real estate investments. Christine Senior explores the opportunities that arise from such an approach
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Money talks
Investors continue to benefit from a growing uptake of INREV guidelines, but is the difficult capital-raising environment proving to be more significant? Shayla Walmsley talks to several investors to find out
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Valued opinions
Opinions on the subject of real estate valuations can be as diverse as the various regimes themselves. Here, industry participants give their views on what continues to be a source of contention
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