Real Estate – Page 101
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Features
Due diligence needed to weigh up fee costs of unlisted real estate
As interest in European unlisted real estate investment funds increases, an increasing amount of investors are facing the challenge of understanding fee structures and being able to compare them across funds. Fee structures in this type of vehicles are composed of different elements (management fees, performance fees, transaction fees etc.) ...
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Celtic tiger ready to roar
The picture for Irish property looks set to improve in tandem with the wider economy. Growth forecasts for the Irish economy have increased significantly over recent months with the latest economic data suggesting a strong recovery in economic conditions. GDP growth of 4.5% is now anticipated for 2004, with 5% ...
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New avenues in residential
UK residential investment offers investors low risk high returns. Residential has many attributes that lead us to recommend it as a core holding for a balanced investment portfolio. The UK residential market has largely been ignored by commercial property investors (residential accounts for 2% of UK property investment according to ...
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Asia Pacific economies race ahead
Sentiment throughout the Asia-Pacific region is swinging upwards, as rising markets and inexpensive debt provide a compelling combination for cross-border investors. Those with existing portfolios are now realising attractive returns. However, risk fundamentals such as transparency, liquidity and efficiency remain challenges, so investors in the region should fasten their seatbelts ...
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News
ING sells Baring AM to MassMutual, Northern Trust
GLOBAL – ING Group is to sell Baring Asset Management’s investment management activities to MassMutual, while Northern Trust will buy the unit’s fund administration arm.
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UBS portfolio manager to join Kempen
NETHERLANDS – UBS’s Daniel van Akkeren is to join Kempen Capital Management in the Netherlands as a senior portfolio manager of European real estate securities.
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Germany’s Deka in E1.9bn outflow
GERMANY - Deka Bank, Germany’s third-largest provider of institutional funds, or Spezialfonds, has admitted that outflows from its Spezialfonds totalled 1.9 billion euros in the first nine months of 2004.
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Italy’s Generali ‘to benefit from pension reform’
ITALY - The Italian insurer Assicurazioni Generali SpA will capitalise from the pension reform in the medium term, says rating agency Standards & Poor’s.
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ABP continues to buy into UK real estate firms
UK/NETHERLANDS – The 160 billion-euro Dutch civil service pension fund Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP has continued its push into the UK real estate market with the acquisition of a stake in small-business landlord Workspace Group Plc.
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DeAM set for sweeping revamp - report
GERMANY - Kevin Parker, the new head of Deutsche Bank’s asset management activities, is to unveil a sweeping restructuring, placing a particular emphasis on embattled Deutsche Asset Management in the UK, a German newspaper has reported.
