All Magazine articles – Page 84

  • Bringing it all back home
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    Bringing it all back home

    May 2010 (Magazine)

    Asian investors are looking to neighbouring markets to plug the regional gap left by overseas capital. Shayla Walmsley reports

  • Office lights shining
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    Office lights shining

    May 2010 (Magazine)

    Office markets in Singapore, Sydney and Shanghai offer particularly good prospects for investors, says Charlie Huang

  • Urban realities
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    Urban realities

    May 2010 (Magazine)

    The world’s fastest changing residential real estate markets are in Asia, as Tim Bellman and Shane Taylor report

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    Home comfort?

    May 2010 (Magazine)

    Will European housing markets see signs of stabilisation or is there a squeeze ahead? Monika Bukowska reports

  • Spring clean in progress
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    Spring clean in progress

    May 2010 (Magazine)

    Excess supply of housing is working through the system as the sector begins to recover. Stephanie Schwartz-Driver reports on another lively session at PREA’s spring event

  • Varying depths of mud
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    Varying depths of mud

    May 2010 (Magazine)

    Portugal, Spain and Italy offer opportunities but in light of their problems stock selection is more critical than ever. To group them with Greece is misleading. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports

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    Property as a hedge

    March 2010 (Magazine)

    Pension funds are increasingly considering the role of property in an LDI or inflation hedging strategy. Julie Henderson examines some of the issues

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    Another ill-conceived fine mess?

    March 2010 (Magazine)

    The proposed AIFM directive has raised hackles among alternative fund managers. Peter Cluff looks at its progress so far

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    Future directions

    March 2010 (Magazine)

    Regulatory changes and investor demands for different structures and more transparency from managers will shape the development of real estate investing in the years to come, says Simon Redman

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    Lessons to be learnt

    March 2010 (Magazine)

    Looking at where pooled funds struggled in the crisis provides guidance on how they can be stronger in future. Bill Hughes draws some conclusions

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    Dealing with debtors

    March 2010 (Magazine)

    Banks may at last be gearing up to tackle problem loans, with a mix of solutions depending on the borrower, says Lynn Strongin Dodds

  • No early lending thaw
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    No early lending thaw

    March 2010 (Magazine)

    The demands of stricter regulation and the need to deal with existing problem loans is squeezing bank lending. Paul Leatherdale explains

  • Opportunities and obstacles
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    Opportunities and obstacles

    March 2010 (Magazine)

    Debt delinquencies, foreclosures, bankruptcies still loom large in the US real estate market. Stephanie Schwartz-Driver reports on debt coverage at the AFIRE conference

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    The screw tightens

    March 2010 (Magazine)

    Relationship banking alone is no longer sufficient to get the finance the commercial real estate sector needs. Ric Lewis and Ian Laming explain

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    Proceed with caution

    March 2010 (Magazine)

    Pension funds are finding buying opportunities in short supply at the moment, but are content to wait and watch for the right properties. Richard Lowe reports

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    Raising awareness

    March 2010 (Magazine)

    The development of property derivatives and institutional investment in residential property are key interests of Peter Pereira Gray. These are just two of his prime concerns in his role as chairman of the Investment Property Forum. He talks to Richard Lowe

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    A new direction

    March 2010 (Magazine)

    ERAFP is breaking new ground by expanding its portfolio into real estate and by using an SRI overlay to do it. Olivier Bonnet and Erik Christiansen tell Christine Senior what they are planning

  • All eyes on the UK
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    All eyes on the UK

    March 2010 (Magazine)

    In 2009 the strength of the recovery in UK property values took investors by surprise. Long term, UK property should deliver strong returns for pension funds but the risk is now a lack of suitable investment stock. Gail Moss reports

  • No spark in the gloom
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    No spark in the gloom

    March 2010 (Magazine)

    A recovery in the Irish property market looks some way off but Irish pension funds hold on for the upturn. Gail Moss reports

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    The fundamental rules apply

    March 2010 (Magazine)

    Investors have been caught up in the momentum during the good times, but going back to fundamentals is a lesson to be learned for a tougher climate. Greg MacKinnon reports