All IPE articles in October 2006 (Magazine)

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    All change for the London/Berlin express

    October 2006 (Magazine)

    Listed real estate is looking good but everyone’s holding their breath for German and British REITs. Jan Wagner reports

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    Spreading the net

    October 2006 (Magazine)

    Cross-border investment is increasing due to the attractions of diversity and possibly a lack of opportunities in domestic markets. But, individually, pension funds are tackling this issue at very different speeds. Barriers may include regulatory constraints and a lack of in-house expertise. Rachel Fixsen spoke to three funds about their ...

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    Leave nothing to chance

    October 2006 (Magazine)

    ATP is the supplementary pension scheme in Denmark; all working people pay into this fund to top up their basic retirement income. The fund has been running for more than 40 years now and today has assets of over €50bn. It is the largest pension fund in Denmark and among ...

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    Expanding the secondary market

    October 2006 (Magazine)

    Lymos managing director Jan Wilem Dijkhuis wants a better selling environment for private real estate funds

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    One industry, two standards

    October 2006 (Magazine)

    Machiel Hoek and Hans Grönloh are striving for convergence on accounting standards to boost the real estate sector

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    The influence of people power

    October 2006 (Magazine)

    Prof Piet Eichholtz considers the influence of demographics on future real estate investment trends

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    Measuring up?

    October 2006 (Magazine)

    Can the duration principle be applied to real estate for liability matching? Maarten van der Spek and Chris Hoorenman are intent on finding out

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    Thinking local adds an edge to investing global

    October 2006 (Magazine)

    Reinhard Liebing, of consultant Mercer’s Frankfurt office, explains the relentless drive towards globalisation in real estate investment intentions

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    It will be different this time

    October 2006 (Magazine)

    Foreign capital flooding into UK real estate is forcing UK investors to confront past traumas and invest abroad. Martin Hurst reports

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    Market report: New York City

    October 2006 (Magazine)

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    America's engine room

    October 2006 (Magazine)

    Pressures on domestic supply and the need to diversify portfolios is increasing the level of interest in New York City real estate among European investors. It offers transparency, growth and status but can it defy the overheated US property market? Gail Moss reports

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    A lesson in role play

    October 2006 (Magazine)

    Property derivatives pioneer Bret Wilkerson and Kevin White of Property and Portfolio Research demonstrate how the concept of correlation can be used to understand and exploit real estate investment patterns

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    Finding the best fit

    October 2006 (Magazine)

    Efficient real estate investing is a challenge for Belgium’s many small pension funds. But some are exploring new horizons as Christine Senior explains

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    Spoiled for choice

    October 2006 (Magazine)

    Russell’s Derek Williams guides the investor through the vital process of multi-manager selection

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    Diversity at a price

    October 2006 (Magazine)

    Unlisted, multi-manager products are being strongly marketed to smaller investors seeking diversified exposure to real estate. But what about investors’ concerns on liquidity and the extra layer of fees? Rachel Fixsen reports

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    Market report: Spanish property funds look to east Europe for new opportunities

    October 2006 (Magazine)

    Spanish pension funds have only fractionally increased their allocations to real estate over the last decade but Spanish property funds have enjoyed a boom and are now looking at eastern Europe as residential property prices cool off in Spain.

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    Waking up to real estate

    October 2006 (Magazine)

    Hungarian pension funds currently have just 1.15% of their managed assets in real estate. But change is afoot, as Marianna Lukács explains