Investor universe
Seoul trader
South Korea Korean investors like the security of London, reports Shayla Walmsley. But will pressure for returns push them to less mature markets?
Investors waltz into Vienna
Vienna is once more attracting global interest, while domestic investors remain underweight property with a home bias. Barbara Ottawa reports
Danger averted, for now
The threat to open-ended Spezialfonds has been removed, but institutions face an expensive domestic core market, says Barbara Ottawa
Keep it in the family
Family offices in Germany represent an interesting prospect given their open-mindedness to higher risk-return strategies, says Erik Marienfeldt
It works for us
Most Swiss pension funds have a sizeable real estate exposure and continue to reap the benefits. But their small property market is like black box, finds Barbara Ottawa
Marching to their own drum
Research shows that insurers’ careful entrance into the lending market has more to do with risk aversion than Solvency II. Simon Cookson explains
Arrividerci, Roma
Italian pension funds might swap Roman residential for overseas funds – if the regulators let them, writes Shayla Walmsley
No Nokia-on effect
Economic uncertainty has led to fewer investment transactions in Finland, but local investors are still upbeat. Pirkko Juntunen reports
Competition hots up
A sound economic footing has attracted cross-border capital to Sweden, but local institutional investors are still active. Pirkko Juntunen reports
Growth market
Domestic institutions dominate Norway’s real estate markets but are looking globally. Pirkko Juntunen reports
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