Europe Fundraising round-up: open season European fundraising activity has remained strong through October 2013, seeing a handful of closed-end funds launch or announce their initial close.
Europe Market Pulse: Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, is the country’s most populous city, with 1.4 million inhabitants in the urban area, rising to 2.2 million in the wider metropolitan area.
Europe Macro risks: What are the implications of macro risks for global real estate investment? Notwithstanding political risks or the overhang of government deficits, 2013 may mark the beginning of the post–credit crisis era for Europe, the United States and Asia Pacific.
Europe A new era: Real estate fund managers have much to contend with Since the turn of the 21st Century, the alternative asset industry generally has undergone unprecedented growth, both in size and complexity.
Europe German institutions target US real estate German institutions are the second-largest foreign investor group in the United State.
Europe Everybody's talking: But are they doing? Or doing it quickly enough? The editorial advisory board of The Letter – Europe meets once a year to discuss the issues and challenges facing the industry.
Europe Opportunities arise in secondary German cities Germany remains a priority for real estate investors looking to invest capital in Europe, particularly due to improvement in the economy and near-record pricing for core assets.
Europe Onward and upward: You can't buck a trend but you can have fun trying Investors and investment managers always like to be ahead of the curve — or at least they like to think they are. The trouble with this looking-after-other-people’s-money-on-a-fiduciary-basis business that they are engaged in on our behalf is that there are a lot of bright people out there all trying to get ahead of the curve.
Europe Chanson d'amour: France may have its problems, but the love affair with real estate is enduring It is sometimes overlooked that France is one of the largest and wealthiest countries in the world. France is actually the second largest economy in Europe (after Germany) and the fifth in the world.
Europe Retail in southern Europe increasingly attractive The time may have come to begin looking at shopping centre investments in southern Europe, according to a new report from Henderson Global Investors.
Europe New York City tops Winning in Growth Cities report Cushman & Wakefield has launched its third annual “Winning in Growth Cities” report. The report identifies “winning” cities in the current international real estate investment market