All Magazine articles – Page 105
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The great knowledge challenge
As sustainability moves up the investment agenda GBFC is meeting the growing demand for information via an ambitious research programme.
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Unite and equip
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
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
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Windows of opportunity
Fund terminations loom large, with implications for the range of strategic and tactical investor requirements. Against this backdrop the secondary market provides an opening.
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Tax efficiency or tax risk?
Growing international diversification and demand for more tailored investment solutions presents challenges to investors concerned with minimising the tax burden.
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Constrained optimisation
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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Industry leaders have waxed lyrical about the EU-REIT. But is this ambition a road to nowhere?
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Correlations under Scrutiny
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.
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Academic conundrum or investment opportunity?
The UK listed sector provides clear discounts over NAV. This includes REITs but the most skilled REIT investors will also consider funds from operations.
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A question of priority
Despite radical changes in market conditions, the respective arguments for listed and unlisted real estate have not changed significantly.
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REITs: a better trade-off
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.
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20:20 hindsight
The bubble has burst. Once again property investors only have themselves to blame, right? Not necessarily, says Nick Axford
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Common sense and discipline
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
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Bucking the investment trend
Market neutral alternative real estate funds: they are new, but what makes them special, especially in these somewhat stressed investment times?
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The challenge of uniformity
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.
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Raise your game
A recent corporate governance study by the European Public Real Estate Association uncovered wide variances in standards, as Steve Hays reports
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Better times ahead
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
Mexico and Brazil have Latin America’s biggest economies and the region’s most mature real estate markets. Richard Gwilliam reports
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Confidence and capacity
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
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Spicy source
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?