Asset Allocation – Page 151
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How pure is your real estate?
The real estate market is growing in complexity, but how far do the various options actually reflect the underlying market? Nick Duff investigates
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Swings and roundabouts
Open-ended funds flaunt their liquidity and performance, but how far can they actually deliver both? Michael Clarke investigates
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Stay focused
A US perspective on real estate investing comes from Townsend’s Terry Ahern who argues that the issues of pricing, and the decline in opportunities can be tackled using a few basic principles
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Location, location, location
Given widely varying market fundamentals, investors in outperforming US office must choose their city carefully. Stephanie Schwartz-Driver reports
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A close second
Secondary cities such as Munich are mopping up the excess of investor cash as prices rise in mainstream European capitals. However, there is little to bind them together as an asset sub-class, Shayla Walmsley finds
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Multinationals play a waiting game
Belgium has set itself up as a welcoming destination for pan-European pension funds. Now it must sell its attractions abroad. Nina Röhrbein reports
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Developing an office abroad
Is expanding across borders a good strategy for consultants? What are the pitfalls and advantages? Nina Röhrbein reports
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Concentrating on liabilities
As risk becomes a focus, independent consultants are emerging to meet the needs of pensions funds and other investors. Lynn Strongin Dodds examines how they compare with traditional players
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An investor's guide to essential services
Infrastructure assets can add diversity and help reduce volatility for institutional investors, but it is not all sweetness and light, as Morag Torrance explains
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Giving the euro the benefit of the doubt
The euro has disappointed both its admirers and its critics. It has neither succeeded nor failed dramatically. Officially launched on 1 January 1999, some said that it would fly like a bird and others that it would sink like a lead balloon. Both, in different degrees, have been proved wrong
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Baggy and loose at the seams
The dress sense of Germany’s real estate industry is not doing it any favours, argues Peter Linneman
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Giving banks a run for their money
What makes a good index? Joseph Mariathasan looks at the development of the Euro MTS in the context of the crowded market for bond indices in Europe
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Belgium learns lessons from neighbour
Asset managers in Belgium are starting to emulate alpha driven techniques being used in the Netherlands, writes Gail Moss
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Betting on the rider not the horse
In some of the newer niche sectors the acumen of the private equity investor counts far more than the property itself, Paul Richards argues
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Building a green consensus
CalPERS pushed it with the weight of cash; regulators in the US and EU are now backing green building. But will nation states – and developers – go for it? Shayla Walmsley investigates
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The shape of things to come
The IORP directive on cross-border funds was intended to create a pan-European pensions market, generating brand new business. The reality is that pan-European schemes are far off, while many existing schemes are not taking up the opportunities. Nina Röhrbein reports
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Moving out of the comfort zone
The interface between consulting and investment management is changing as advisers become more involved in multi-managers models. Gail Moss examines the evolution
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Mitigating cross-border concerns
In the decade since the first issue of IPE, investors have become keenly aware that the currency risk attached to their investment allocations has a substantial and continuous impact on their returns. For example, UK pension plans invested in US equities, which rose 13.6% in 2006, saw that return erased ...
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In search of excellence
A good management team and an ability to operate in different market conditions are key indicators of a sound private equity firm, writes Lynn Strongin Dodds
