Real Estate – Page 69
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Grasp the nettle
INREV sees a boost to the market coming from dynamic corporate governance. Managers must now make a leap of faith. Steve Hays reports
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The future shape of real estate
Frédéric Ducoulombier, associate professor at EDHEC Business School, explains why the Nice based centre is adding real estate to its alternative asset arsenal and outlines the key ongoing themes
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Checking in for better returns
Hotel investments offer reward potential to those who can rise to the challenge of sweating the asset, as Jon Peterson reports
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Riding the crest of a wave
Asian REITs continue to be a positive investment, providing stable returns on the back of the region’s continuing economic growth. Chris Reilly reports
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Degrees of optimism
In spite of the expected exclusion of residential from Germany’s REITs, some still expect issuance close to €100bn, as Jan Wagner found at the G-REIT conference in Frankfurt
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Asian exponentials
The Asian REIT market has grown spectacularly, and demand for the new China REITs looks set to soar. Richard Newell reports
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Ageing brings new opportunity
Europe’s pensions headache of increasing life expectancy presents an unexpected source of return for real estate investors, as Lynn Strongin Dodds finds
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Breathing life into Europe
In the US, senior housing is a large sophisticated sector of the economy with significant potential for real estate investors. But can the model work in Europe? Simon Martin investigates
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The case for acting together
Pension funds have so far been hesitant to join real estate industry organisations en masse. Shayla Walmsley looks at the benefits – and the limitations – of belonging
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Housing markets: a new paradigm
Cash-settled derivative markets based on home price indices are set to transform real estate markets in the US, Robert Shiller argues
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Room for manoeuvre
The National Pensions Reserve Fund was set up in 2001 with a view to part-financing the cost to the state of social welfare and public service pensions from 2025 onwards. Real estate was introduced in 2004. Ian Gleeson, the fund’s head of property, explains the rationale behind the decision, the ...
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Secondary cities, prime targets
To avoid the fierce competition for US real estate assets, foreign investors are looking outside the main cities. But these new opportunities present new risks, Stephanie Schwartz-Driver reports
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Germany raises its game
Until recently Germany’s real estate industry was lacking adequate representation to drive its interests forward and maximise its potential. In June the ZIA was established to rectify the situation. Chairman Eckart John von Freyend, explains the challenges ahead to Martin Hurst
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Moving up the curve
Chuck Leitner joined RREEF in 1988 and became a partner in the firm in 1996. Deutsche Bank acquired RREEF in 2002 and, in 2004, Leitner became the global head of real estate and infrastructure. Based in New York he restructured the real estate and infrastructure business which included consolidating ...
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Avoiding collateral damage
Favourable conditions have allowed CRE CDOs to develop rapidly. But will this continue, ask Jenny Story and Karen Trebach
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Europe's familiar tale?
Finally there are sufficient suitable assets for European CRE CDOs. But will Europe follow the US experience? Lynn Strongin Dodds investigates
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Scandals add insult to injury
Does institutional real estate investing have a future in Italy? Old habits die hard, as Christine Senior reports
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New year, new scope
Estonia is advanced by CEE standards in real estate investing but improvements are still needed. As Krystyna Krzyzak reports reforms due next year should give it an additional boost
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Greater than the sum of its parts?
Established to make indirect real estate investing more efficient, has the Danish Real Estate club met with expectations? Gail Moss investigates
