All Magazine articles – Page 105

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    The great knowledge challenge

    June 2008 (Magazine)

    As sustainability moves up the investment agenda GBFC is meeting the growing demand for information via an ambitious research programme.

  • Unite and equip
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    Unite and equip

    June 2008 (Magazine)

    Building on its report ‘What the leaders are doing’, the UNEP FI programme for 2008 seeks to provide further guidance for stakeholders.

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    Critical mass

    June 2008 (Magazine)

    Germany is a leader in green construction, yet it lacks a standard certificate. Why? Why is sustainability key to the strategy of Union Investment? Chair of its management board, Reinhard Kutscher talks to Martin Hurst

  • Windows of opportunity
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    Windows of opportunity

    June 2008 (Magazine)

    Fund terminations loom large, with implications for the range of strategic and tactical investor requirements. Against this backdrop the secondary market provides an opening.

  • Tax efficiency or tax risk?
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    Tax efficiency or tax risk?

    June 2008 (Magazine)

    Growing international diversification and demand for more tailored investment solutions presents challenges to investors concerned with minimising the tax burden.

  • Constrained optimisation
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    Constrained optimisation

    June 2008 (Magazine)

    In spite of recent market developments the case for both private and public real estate remains strong. They continue to complement other asset classes, although investors may be limiting scope.

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    June 2008 (Magazine)

    Industry leaders have waxed lyrical about the EU-REIT. But is this ambition a road to nowhere?

  • Correlations under Scrutiny
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    Correlations under Scrutiny

    June 2008 (Magazine)

    Current market conditions may mean that listed and unlisted are becoming more similar, but there is still plenty of scope for the two to work effectively together.

  • Academic conundrum or investment opportunity?
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    Academic conundrum or investment opportunity?

    June 2008 (Magazine)

    The UK listed sector provides clear discounts over NAV. This includes REITs but the most skilled REIT investors will also consider funds from operations.

  • A question of priority
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    A question of priority

    June 2008 (Magazine)

    Despite radical changes in market conditions, the respective arguments for listed and unlisted real estate have not changed significantly.

  • REITs: a better trade-off
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    REITs: a better trade-off

    June 2008 (Magazine)

    Unlike other listed property companies, most REITs do not usually trade at a discount to NAV. And why should they? It is time for European REITs to fulfil their potential.

  • 20:20 hindsight
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    20:20 hindsight

    June 2008 (Magazine)

    The bubble has burst. Once again property investors only have themselves to blame, right? Not necessarily, says Nick Axford

  • Common sense and discipline
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    Common sense and discipline

    June 2008 (Magazine)

    Much of what is currently happening in the capital markets is no longer explicable solely in terms of a market efficiency thesis, as Thomas Beyerle reports

  • Bucking the investment trend
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    Bucking the investment trend

    June 2008 (Magazine)

    Market neutral alternative real estate funds: they are new, but what makes them special, especially in these somewhat stressed investment times?

  • The challenge of uniformity
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    The challenge of uniformity

    June 2008 (Magazine)

    There are significant variations in the standards of governance of listed real estate across Asia. Family ownership is among the challenges facing regulators and industry bodies.

  • Raise your game
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    Raise your game

    June 2008 (Magazine)

    A recent corporate governance study by the European Public Real Estate Association uncovered wide variances in standards, as Steve Hays reports

  • Better times ahead
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    Better times ahead

    June 2008 (Magazine)

    As structures are refined and markets improve, UK, Italian and German REIT prospects look brighter, say Paul van der Vaart and Luke Powell

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    The Latin attraction

    June 2008 (Magazine)

    Mexico and Brazil have Latin America’s biggest economies and the region’s most mature real estate markets. Richard Gwilliam reports

  • Confidence and capacity
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    Confidence and capacity

    June 2008 (Magazine)

    The risks to the US economy are primarily downside but unlike previous downturns at least there is no overbuilding problem. In this special report on the US Bret Wilkerson and Jeff Havsy look at what has happened in the US and consider the outlook for this year

  • Spicy source
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    Spicy source

    June 2008 (Magazine)

    In spite of the problems north of the border Mexico City is booming and could offer significant returns. But the potential for expansion is limited – and will new fiscal measures spoil the party?