Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 486
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Minding the gap
As investors optimise their portfolios by combining listed and unlisted property investments, the performance of listed real estate is likely to edge closer to that of its unlisted peers, as Nick Brugman explains
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Progress or straitjacket?
In creating new definitions for an increasingly sophisticated property market, are we creating a rod for our own backs? David Skinner investigates
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The perfect match?
In today’s high pressured world LDI is seen by many pension funds as a cure for the ills of declining and unpredictable returns. But can the LDI formula work with real estate? Julia Felce and Neil Turner investigate
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Special Report
Reversing the blame culture
To turn the built environment green the property industry needs to learn how to work together, Liz Peace argues
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Highway to heaven?
Motorway service stations offer a secure income stream but are at present being met with no more than cautious interest from investors. Lynn Strongin Dodds finds out why
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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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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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Keeping up the pace
Founded in 1979, the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) has over 1,800 members, representing over 470 member firms across the US, Canada, Europe and Asia. Members include pension funds, property and investment managers and REITs. Its stated mission is to “serve and educate” its members and to act as a “steward for the industry”. PREA’s CEO, Gail Haynes, explains her view of the institutional market to Martin Hurst
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A practitioner-led approach
AREF’s new Code of Practice is not just a new set of guidelines; it has a user-friendly format to assist effective implementation, as AREF chief executive Rachel McIsaac explains
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Getting into position
Flexibility is a key benefit of real estate securities and alpha is available, but beware the alternative market, Simon Martin reports
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Finding the right pitch
The value of the EU REIT is clear, but is the project achievable? It is, but progress at a national level is essential, Per-Åke Eriksson argues
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Critics round on portability draft
Whatever the EU Council decides on portability, it is unlikely to please everyone and could take another 10 years to be implemented. Jeremy Woolfe reports
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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
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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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Saints or sinners?
Private equity is undoubtedly a high profile asset class right now. But Rachel Fixsen finds that there are varying opinions on its merits for pension funds
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Wrestling with the leviathan
With €420bn under management, reserve funds are rapidly becoming the giants of European investment. But is their gargantuan size an asset or a hindrance? Rachel Fixsen investigates
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Return of an old favourite
Neglected since the dot com debacle, venture capital is once more attracting attention on the private equity stage, writes Lynn Strongin Dodds
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Love them or loathe them
While they play an active role in the UK and Ireland, consultants are far less influential in most other European countries, writes George Coats
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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
