Europe Research: What, how and for why Every bank has one. So, too, do insurance companies, investment managers, pension funds and every broker in the land.
Europe The age of networks: The world is changing right before our eyes People today no longer seem to place their trust in traditional political or business leaders, companies and institutions. Instead, more and more, people are placing their trust in networks.
Europe Driving value: Responsible and resilient property investing in the new millennium As chair of the Urban Land Institute’s Responsible Property Investment Council, I often get eye rolls or quips such as “Responsible property investing? If you’re investing ‘responsibly’, are you suggesting that we’re investing irresponsibly?”
Europe Asian investors continue heavy move into European property Research from CBRE shows that investment by Asian investors in commercial real estate around the world this year is set to hit a new record.
Europe Global investors still failing to hit allocation targets The fourth annual Institutional Real Estate Allocations Monitor from Hodes Weill & Associates LP and Cornell University’s Baker Program in Real Estate shows that institutional investors around the world are continuing to raise their target allocations to real estate and are on track to break the 10 percent barrier next year.
Europe Steep learning curves for student accommodation investors Alternative real estate assets such as hotels, data centres, healthcare facilities, nursing homes and student housing continue to be put forward as a means of investors obtaining higher returns in this low-yield environment.
Europe Playing the long game: A successful city is the sum of many parts Open-end funds can wait. Closed-end funds can’t. It seems obvious, but what are the strategic implications?
Europe Unlocking a pent-up demand: Shariah-compliant investment poses challenges for Islamic institutions Forty percent of the world’s fastest-growing countries have large Muslim populations. This rapidly-growing demographic has propelled Islamic finance and Shariah-compliant investing from a relatively esoteric asset class.
Europe Has the time come: Which nonperforming loan market — Italy or China — provides the best opportunity to deploy capital For much of the past year, we have seen a steady stream of articles and predictions that the build-up of nonperforming loans in China and Italy will burst, wreaking havoc on global financial markets.
Europe My head hurts: It's so hard trying to work out what might happen next in real estate investing It is a truism that it is difficult sometimes to know what is going to happen in the next five minutes, let alone next week, next year or at some distant point in the future.
