Real Estate – Page 72

  • News

    Shetland Islands tenders for UK real estate

    2006-11-13T15:43:30Z

    REAL ESTATE - The Scottish Shetland Islands local authority pension fund is to hire a real estate investment manager to invest £20m—40m (€29.7m—59.3m) in UK property.

  • News

    Mercer: patience a virtue in infrastructure

    2006-11-13T15:42:41Z

    GLOBAL – Investment consulting firm Mercer is telling its pension fund clients that patience and due diligence are virtues when it comes to investing in infrastructure.

  • News

    USS backs new student housing fund

    2006-11-13T15:40:52Z

    UK – The Universities Superannuation Scheme is among the institutional backers for a new £515m (€764m) student accommodation fund being launched by real estate firm Unite Group.

  • Features

    Three steps to heaven

    November 2006 (Magazine)

    An increasingly broad fund offering has produced a potential nightmare for investors faced with comparing and assessing the tax, legal and regulatory frameworks. John Forbes advocates a structured approach

  • Features

    A listless market?

    November 2006 (Magazine)

    Institutional investors are flocking to the non-listed, offshore real estate fund market, attracted by flexibility and tax advantages. For many though, there are not enough opportunities. Maha Khan Phillips reports

  • Features

    Too much control?

    November 2006 (Magazine)

    A heavy bias towards investing locally – and directly – is a hallmark of Swedish institutional investment in real estate. Martin Hurst examines why

  • Features

    Stir crazy

    November 2006 (Magazine)

    Those seeking to diversify their portfolios properly are eagerly awaiting the new investment regulations, as Lynn Strongin Dodds explains

  • Features

    Dipping a toe in the water

    November 2006 (Magazine)

    Iceland’s pension funds have a long history of real estate investing but are only now adopting more dynamic strategies. Gail Moss reports

  • Features

    Exploring new horizons

    November 2006 (Magazine)

    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

  • Features

    Club class

    November 2006 (Magazine)

    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

  • Features

    Building on your options

    November 2006 (Magazine)

    REITs are looking to new development opportunities as a way of increasing growth and strategic flexibility, as Michael Grupe explains

  • Features

    Billion dollar feeding frenzy

    November 2006 (Magazine)

    Considerable amounts of pension fund real estate capital have sought public-to-private real estate transactions recently, Jon Peterson finds

  • Special Report

    The comfort factor

    November 2006 (Magazine)

    INREV’s Alisdair Evans examines how corporate governance in unlisted funds for real estate investing can be significantly improved upon

  • Features

    Vive la différence!

    November 2006 (Magazine)

    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

  • Features

    Wishing on a megastar

    November 2006 (Magazine)

    Will the leisure sector overcome its early days of investor scepticism and become a megastar performer, Lynn Strongin Dodds asks

  • Features

    Market view: a tale of two cities?

    November 2006 (Magazine)

  • Features

    Never ending story?

    November 2006 (Magazine)

    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 ...

  • Features

    Settle only for the best

    November 2006 (Magazine)

    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

  • Features

    Expert city

    November 2006 (Magazine)

    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