All articles by Shayla Walmsley – Page 28
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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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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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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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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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The core conundrum
A widespread flight to quality has seen core real estate markets re-price significantly. Does this mean investors should move up the risk curve, into secondary assets and locations? There are no easy answers, Shayla Walmsley finds
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OPERF retains control in Prologis deal
What looked at first like a straightforward fund investment turned out to be the mother of all contracts, complete with multiple caveats, opt-ins and get-outs. The recommendation document, presented to the Oregon Investment Council (OIC) for a “strategic partnership” between the $59bn (€41.6bn) Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (OPERF) and ...
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Why Europeans are buying and Canadians selling
Investment activity in the European hotel sector has picked up substantially, as evidenced by AXA Real Estate Investment Managers’ recent €132.9m portfolio acquisition for French institutions. But only a month prior, the Quebec state pension fund sold its near-50% interests in five Westin hotels as part of a tactical shift ...
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Can CalPERS replicate Brazilian success?
The announcement that CalPERS and sustainability specialist developer Hines had recouped $160m (€111m) from the sale of their multi-asset, multi-city Brazilian real estate fund does not mark a vote of no-confidence in the BRIC market. Far from it.
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Ground leases attract UK pension money
Returns are steady rather than stellar. But with characteristics that allow for liability-matching, inflation-hedging and a low-risk profile, it is not hard to see why pension funds might want to buy into ground rent funds.
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Systemic risk endangers Asian tiger
Economist-gurus Nouriel Roubini and Gary Shilling, predictors of an eventual, property-induced hard landing for the Chinese economy, have been joined by ratings agency Fitch, which recently raised the possibility of systemic spread.
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AnalysisNews analysis: Are consultants taking on property multi-managers?
Shayla Walmsley investigates why Towers Watson and Mercer have both been building up their teams.
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Investor retreat from CEE real estate a 'mistake', says S-Immo
Austrian firm to hold existing assets and increase investment in Bucharest.
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Slovakia the 'new Czech Republic' for retail property, says C&W
Second most developed country in region has also been fastest growing since 2001.
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PGGM keeps silent on student hall acquisition rumours
Dutch manager rumoured to be in talks with Barclays Capital over its 80% UPP shareholding.
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AnalysisNews analysis: The time for German listed property has come
Can German investors stop worrying and learn to love listed property?
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PPP model to address 'weaknesses' in risk transfer to private sector
AMP says it has developed model that 'adequately' transfers risk from public to private sector.
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European property market activity, prime rents stall in H1
Moscow provides one of few exceptions to otherwise largely static H1, says CBRE.
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Teesside pension fund seeks property manager to run £107m portfolio
Tender to involve constructing scheme's portfolio and recommending acquisitions.
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Danish real estate market 'slow', but 'not frozen'
Head of Property Federation rejects finance minister's take on local property market.
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Regulators driving Dutch pension schemes to 'street smart' advisers
Wietse de Vries, a new partner at Almazara, says regulatory scrutiny has increased 'dramatically'.
