All IPE articles in September 2006 (Magazine) – Page 3

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    Best medium-sized fund - NAEV

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    Best Irish fund - ESB pension fund

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    Best German or Austrian fund - NAEV

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    S&P casts doubt over rule changes

    September 2006 (Magazine)

    Proposed changes to the rules governing Belgian SICAFIs - a local version of REITs - will increase risk and damage corporate ratings, according to Standard & Poor’s. “Loosening restrictions on gearing will increase financial risk,” said Andreas Kindahl, a credit analyst with S&P. The new rules would increase the maximum ...

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    Be bullish or be late

    September 2006 (Magazine)

    The formerly labelled ‘sick man of Europe’ is on the mend. The last four years have seen the Turkish economy reverse its fortunes. Since a meltdown of the financial sector in 2001, the country has undergone a complete overhaul and has rewarded investors with an attractive location for capital gains.

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    Market knowledge breeds success

    September 2006 (Magazine)

    Henderson Global Investors’ success in being voted the Best Real Estate Investment Manager, sponsored by Propex, can be attributed to a wealth of experience and resources, culminating in performances that have been second to none.Crucially, its results over the past two years have met the expectations of investors. For the ...

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    Best small European investor - Corem

    September 2006 (Magazine)

    As a relatively small entity, French pension fund Corem has nevertheless managed to replace its original narrow portfolio of residential properties with a highly diversified spread of commercial real estate. Furthermore, it has done so by investing alongside other institutions in a number of custom-made financial vehicles which have given ...

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    Best French fund - Corem

    September 2006 (Magazine)

    Corem’s award as the best French pension fund is a tribute to its success in transforming a narrow assortment of residential properties into a highly diversified portfolio. This award is sponsored by Schroder Property Investment Management. In early 2003, as part of a shake-up of a previous scheme, Corem was ...

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    Italians AIM for successful float

    September 2006 (Magazine)

    Pirelli & C. Real Estate’s SpA’s Spazio Industriale Investments I BV is to list on London’s Alternative Investment Market in a move aimed solely at institutional investors. “The Italian industrial real estate market is currently the second-largest in Europe in terms of physical space, second only to Germany,” Spazio says. ...

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    Is there scope for active management

    September 2006 (Magazine)

    Whatever your views about the valuation of the US large-cap market, because of its predominance – amounts to 35% of world cap – you cannot ignore it, writes Joseph Mariathasan