All Real Assets articles in September 2012 (Magazine)
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MagazinePrime numbers: REITs and asset quality
Accessing prime real estate assets remains a challenge. Listed property companies and REITs offer a solution, writes Maikel Speelman
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MagazineThe rationale to blend public and private
Fraser Hughes and Alex Moss re-examine the rationale for blending public and private real estate strategies and discover that the debate has moved on
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MagazineSearching for a pulse: European CMBS
Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at the prospects for resuscitating a seemingly dead European CMBS market which had only one new successful issue this year
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MagazineInsurers no white knight for debt markets
Insurance companies have begun to provide much needed liquidity. But do not expect them to solve the funding gap, writes Lynn Strongin Dodds
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MagazineMoving quickly: Lobbyists mobilise against IORP
European property associations moved quickly to challenge EIOPA’s proposal to apply features of Solvency II to pension funds, says Jeff Rupp
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MagazineShopping Stateside: APG's Steve Hason
Dutch institution APG was behind one of the biggest deals in the US last year. Steve Hason talks to Richard Lowe about its strategy in the American market
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MagazineInvesting the REIT way
What role should listed real estate play in institutional portfolios? Rachel Fixsen asks six investors and advisers
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MagazineSuper destination: Australian funds
Europe has become the most attractive foreign real estate region for superannuation schemes, according to a recent investor forum. Erling Sorenson and Jamie Nemtsas explain
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MagazineBeyond Brussels: Belgian pension funds
Development of property and infrastructure portfolios continues to be hampered by a lack of solutions for pension funds. Shayla Walmsley reports
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InterviewsPatrizia renaissance: Wolfgang Egger interview
Barbara Ottawa speaks to Wolfgang Egger about developing Patrizia from a listed residential specialist into a major Spezialfonds player
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MagazineThe future of allocations: DC pensions
Will the move from DB to DC pensions result in more allocations to REITs? The answer depends on a number of variables, as Stephen Ryan explains
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MagazineMission impossible for Dutch pension funds
Dutch pension funds are caught between pressure to generate returns and greater regulatory requirements. Shayla Walmsley reports
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MagazineDebt funds: The next big thing?
Real estate managers continue to set up debt platforms in Europe. The business opportunity is potentially massive, but it is far from straightforward, writes Richard Lowe
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Should Europe abolish pre-emptive voting rights?
Pre-emptive voting rights are protecting or hindering the real estate industry, depending on whom you talk to. Maha Khan Phillips reports
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Split allegiances: public firms sponsoring private funds
Can listed companies that sponsor private funds maintain an alignment of interests with both sets of investors? Shayla Walmsley investigates
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MagazineIntroducing the Asian R-Index
A new analytical framework for Asian REITs aims to improve corporate governance best practice across the region. Patrick Lecomte explains
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MagazineThe index effect
When companies are added to the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT index, their share prices and trading volumes increase permanently. Chris Brooks, Konstantina Kappou, Simon Stevenson and Charles Ward investigate the ‘index effect’
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MagazineNext allocation tipping point
The markets have reached an inflection point, prompting institutions to significantly increase their long-term allocations to real assets, argue Bernie McNamara, Michael Hudgins and Pulkit Sharma
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The logic of logistics
Richard Holberton explains why logistics real estate should play a larger role in institutional investors’ multi-asset portfolios
