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Pressure on allocations
Market volatility has threatened to end Belgian pension funds鈥� commitment to listed real estate. Investors are seeking non-listed exposure but the right investment solutions have yet to materialise. Richard Lowe reports
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Friend or foe?
Is the listed sector too volatile and correlated with equities to be included in a property portfolio, or should investors look to benefit from its liquidity and arbitrage opportunities? Richard Lowe spoke to pension funds, fund managers and advisers and found a divergence of views
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Man on a mission (several, in fact)
Philip Charls, CEO of the European Public Real Estate Association, is juggling a handful of challenges at the moment. As well as lobbying the EU over the potentially damaging consequences of the AIFM directive on the listed real estate sector, he is also building the investor outreach programme, where co-operation ...
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Overcoming entrenched positions
The case for REITs is mired in the apparent vested interests of institutional investors, consultants and advisers. Patrick Sumner explains
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MagazineJoined-up investing
The case for combining listed and direct real estate is presented by Fraser Hughes, who argues that many pension funds are missing a trick
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MagazineAllocations: the truth
The crisis brought into focus real estate portfolio construction. Adding REITs could improve performance and liquidity, says Joseph Harvey
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Maximise the global dividend
The case for international diversification is a powerful one. But what is the most efficient route? Stephen Ryan argues that investors should consider all the tools at their disposal
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Pushing potential as uncertainty abounds
In his new role as global head of property at Aberdeen Asset Management, Andrew Smith has a packed agenda, and his appointment comes at a critical time for the company鈥檚 拢23bn (鈧�28bn) real estate business, as new opportunities emerge in an investment climate still fraught with uncertainty. He talks to ...
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Tooled up for success
Research is a vital ingredient in risk management the pursuit of outperformance 鈥� and in the wake of the downturn its importance is all the greater. Henri Vuong reports
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Open to interpretation
Understanding the language of real estate is not always straightforward because in many cases there is no standard agreed definition. But is standardisation a goal worth pursuing? Christine Senior investigates
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Sustainability score-draw
Paul McNamara explains how measuring environmental depreciation must, for the time being, rely on qualitative analysis
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Thorny issue
A survey of commercial landlords and tenants about their views of green leases reveals significant differences of opinion. Seth Love-Jones 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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Promote Openness
Michael Haddock and Charles Follows present the findings of new research into valuation practices worldwide. Greater transparency emerges as a key objective.
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MagazineSmooth and soothe
Neil Crosby examines how the banks may need to rethink their valuation principles if future busts and bubbles are to be avoided
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Valuable insight
A new set of measurement indices for the Romanian residential market could lead the way for other emerging south-eastern European markets, says Fotis Mouzakis
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Back on a different track
Post crisis, the CEE is once again presenting itself as major growth market, Barbara Ottawa finds at this year鈥檚 Real Vienna
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Viewpoint: Interesting times in CEE
Investing in central and eastern Europe (CEE) is attractive because real estate is driven by strong fundamentals, making it a mainstream investment with an emerging market upside.
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Rising power
Latin America鈥檚 greater economic and political stability is catching the eyes of investors, as Stephanie Schwartz-Driver reports
