Know your customer: Logistics and the rise of the machines — will returns be terminated?
The advances affecting logistics operations throughout Europe are significant.
June 1, 2017: Vol. 11, Number 06
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Distinct players: Both public and private routes have their places in real estate investment
Increasing efforts to implement real estate investment trust regimes across Europe, coupled with rising deal values in the direct real estate sector, have raised questions about the role of REITs in broader portfolios.
A tale of four cities: Real estate in southern Europe is about so much more than just Rome and Milan, Madrid and Barcelona. Or is it?
As a geographic descriptor, southern Europe stretches from the Atlantic coast of Portugal and Spain in the west to the Aegean Sea of Greece in the east.
Central and eastern Europe continues record-breaking deal run
According to preliminary figures in the CEE Real Estate Investment Compass 2017 report compiled by Colliers International and CMS, the Czech Republic received almost two-thirds of total real estate investment in central and eastern Europe in Q1 2017.
Working it out: One-size-fits-all investments no longer exist
Demand for real estate among institutional investors worldwide is still high and this will intensify in the future. Investment activities are mainly driven by the low yields and rates of return on alternative investments and by favourable financing possibilities.
All a go-go: Politics, automation, robotisation and the end of globalisation
With all eyes focused on the upcoming elections in France (one down, two to go), the United Kingdom and throughout Europe, it’s easy to lose sight of the causes of all the unrest that seems to be percolating throughout society just about everywhere in the western world.
When the morphine runs out …
Is President Trump really the biggest risk faced by the real estate market? No. Well, what about the rise of populism and the tilt toward protectionism? No, again. Well, it must be Brexit then. That must be the biggest risk confronting the market. No, not by a very long shot.
Five fund launches, four final closes
During April several fund launches and final closes were announced
Survey sees pullback in real estate capital commitment plans
The 2017 Annual Investor Survey, conducted jointly by US-based Institutional Real Estate, Inc and Kingsley Associates, assessed institutional investors’ fund allocations, risk and return assumptions, expected capital flows, and real estate investment strategies for the coming year.
Dublin prepares for possible London Brexit office exodus
The cities in the European Union most often mentioned as being likely to benefit from a move of financial services activities and jobs out of London for Brexit EU-passporting reasons are Frankfurt and Paris, but Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Dublin, Luxembourg, Stockholm and Warsaw are also in the frame.
Handbags at dawn
According to Fiona Hamilton, global head of retail for international brands at BNP Paribas Real Estate, six retail trends will change the world this year.
Brexit aftermath brings varied foreign investor reactions
A UK Capital Markets Research report by JLL titled Opportunity knocking or siren calling? has found a wide variance in foreign investor reactions to the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union.