All articles by Shayla Walmsley – Page 35
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We’re learning to live with it
A new government – and a new planning agenda. It is far from business as usual for the British Property Federation, says Liz Peace who talked to Shayla Walmsley
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MagazineA hard rain
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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MagazineRe-emerging tigers
Overpriced Chinese residential is pushing investors towards greater Asia – but pan-Asian funds are out, reports Shayla Walmsley
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Malaysian pension fund allocates €1.2bn to UK property
GLOBAL – Malaysia's first-pillar pension scheme has allocated £1bn (€1.2bn) to UK real estate in expectation of a long-term annual yield of 6-7%.
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Investors shunning PE funds, keeping cash for JVs
GLOBAL – Institutional investors are holding back from private equity real estate funds, preferring to hold on to their capital or channel it into direct investment and joint ventures, according to Preqin, the private equity data firm.
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RREEF: Seoul 'safer than London'
GLOBAL – Investors will take refuge in Asian markets from "considerably riskier" developed markets such as London, according to RREEF Germany managing director Clemens Schaefer.
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Dutch manager PGGM moves into US retail amid rising residential prices
NETHERLANDS – PGGM is to expand its focus from US housing to retail, citing growing demand for residential and supply scarcity.
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Polish pension property reform 'would not eliminate risk'
POLAND – Asset managers would be unlikely to take on Polish pension funds' property portfolios even if domestic reforms were to lift restrictions on them investing in alternatives, according to Dariusz Stánko, a specialist at the Warsaw School of Economics.
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LaSalle KAG to tap mid-sized pension funds
GERMANY – The new German capital investment fund (KAG) announced by LaSalle Investment Management last week will tap small and medium-sized pension schemes struggling to adapt to globalisation.
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CEE transactions up, driven by prime retail
EUROPE – Liquidity for larger deals has improved due to greater activity from cross-border investors, according to a CBRE report on European retail.
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Pension schemes shifting toward city centres, says Cushman & Wakefield
EUROPE – European pension schemes are diverting their retail exposure away from shopping centres toward city-centre high streets in search of higher yields generated by active management.
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UK pension fund offloads estate after falling floors undermine asset
UK – The Coal Mineworkers Pension Fund has sold an industrial estate in Poole, Dorset, for £3m (€3.6m) after the floors of the 16-unit asset started sinking.
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F&C shareholders reject fund merger – for now
UK – Fund manager Ignis’ failed attempt to take over F&C's Commercial Property Trust (FCPT) this week is unlikely to halt consolidation in the UK market.
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Lifting pension property ban 'would save Polish market'
POLAND – The polish government needs to "get a grip" on its real estate market by lifting the prohibition on pension funds investment, according to Ben Habib, CEO of First Property, the London-listed Polish property investor.
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Vote independent
Investors need independent directors to represent them, says INREV. Then let them put their money where their mouth is, say fund managers. Shayla Walmsley reports
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When Europe sneezes
The Greek crisis has been not about Greece, but Germany. Faced with a ‘pale, anaemic and drawn out’ euro-zone recovery, investors will head to Poland. Shayla Walmsley reports
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MagazineThe measurement of chaos
Mark-to-market valuation promises a snapshot of worth, but the German approach has time on its side. Shayla Walmsley reports.
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Punts in the powerhouse
For all its opacity, China is seen as the pre-eminent BRIC property market. So what has it got that India has not? Shayla Walmsley finds out.
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No property bubble in China, says HSBC's Geoghegan
CHINA – HSBC chief executive Michael Geoghegan has dismissed predictions of a Chinese property bubble.
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Birmingham airport secures credit facility from Santander, RBS
GLOBAL – A UK airport part-owned by the CA$96.4bn (€74bn) Ontario Teachers Pension Plan has won promises of more than €50m in short-term funding for an ongoing expansion programme.
