All Features articles – Page 187
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Exploring new horizons
Drawn to property investment first and foremost as a tool for diversification, Finnish institutions are aiming to broaden the spread within the asset class, as Rachel Fixsen reports
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Club class
Structure and efficiency are the name of the game in Denmark but a preoccupation with outright ownership and a somewhat unwieldy domestic market may hinder progress, as Martin Hurst reports
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Building on your options
REITs are looking to new development opportunities as a way of increasing growth and strategic flexibility, as Michael Grupe explains
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Billion dollar feeding frenzy
Considerable amounts of pension fund real estate capital have sought public-to-private real estate transactions recently, Jon Peterson finds
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Quo vadis mundus?
Will the head of steam building in the world economy lose momentum and how will it affect real estate? Rockspring’s Jose Luis Pellicer considers
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Vive la différence!
Is European unification generating a boom of correlating assets? Alex Krystalogianni and Mark Callender find out that ‘old’ Europe may still hold attractive diversification opportunities
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Wishing on a megastar
Will the leisure sector overcome its early days of investor scepticism and become a megastar performer, Lynn Strongin Dodds asks
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Never ending story?
A record £8bn (€12bn) of property in the West End and the City was sold in the first half of the year and investors are still hungry for more. The party is expected to last, but many are concerned that prices are bubbling too close to the top. Lynn Strongin ...
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Settle only for the best
London offers a powerful diversification argument for continental European pension funds and the maturity of the market is a significant comfort, but selectivity important as the flood of capital drives down yields. Christine Senior reports
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Cool, calm, collected
Mutual Insurance Company Pension Fennia is a public authority pension fund based in Helsinki. The fund was established in 1998 and today has a solid presence in the market. Real estate has been a strong performer in the portfolio but the fund’s plans to diversify its real ...
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Pushing the boundaries
Transparency is one of the biggest headaches for pension funds seeking to invest in real estate or further diversify their real estate portfolios. Wary funds with hefty responsibilities tend to be risk averse and therefore in need of some reassurance. Is it down to relationship management? Rachel Fixsen investigates
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Piecing it together
INREV’s index of unlisted funds is one tool the organisation has created to provide badly needed transparency for investors in this form of investment vehicle. But challenges remain. Ville Raitio reports
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Benchmarking enters new era
As pension funds rethink their approach to scheme funding, benchmark providers have had to respond to greater demands by creating exacting benchmarks tailored to each fund’s needs, as Mark Makepeace explains
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The fundamentals and the options
In the first of a series of articles EPRA’s Fraser Hughes introduces the real estate benchmark and discusses its advantages – and potential pitfalls
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Expert city
The emergence of India, red tape in Hungary and the thorny issue of leverage were among the subjects covered at the recent European Public Real Estate conference in Budapest. Martin Hurst reports
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A degree of aspiration
Discerning students, a buoyant graduate sector and an encouraging story in the US bolster the prospects for student accommodation REITs in the UK, as Marcus Roberts explains
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Globalisation gaining ground
At the recent AFIRE annual membership meeting in Boston, delegates explored the growing influence of emerging markets on the real estate sector. Martin Hurst reports
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Managers eye Europe and Asia
The top private equity managers in Europe are avoiding the expensive US in favour of the less competitive markets. Gail Moss reports
