Post-crisis Europe draws US hedge fund
US distressed debt hedge fund manager Monarch Capital is opening a London office in a bid to establish its long-term commitment to European investing.
Property
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LG makes new property hire amid sector boom
L&G Property has appointed a new senior asset manager to work on the £800m Property Unit Trust alongside lead manager Matt Jarvis.
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Investing in residential ground rents
Clive Rayden of the Coast Freehold Income Fund takes a look at how investors can benefit from investing in ground rents as an alternative to other property-focused options.
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Private real estate remains in the doldrums
Private real estate fundraising reached a ten-year low in the first quarter of 2013, as 20 funds closed raising just $5.2bn.
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overseas investing property London
London offers prime property investments for those with the cash to afford them though Ruby Dalal says that these same – largely overseas – investors are also spreading their search into the regions as they look for answers to very specific needs.
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Real estate attractive but trumped by equities
Real estate will continue to offer attractive yields, but will be outperformed by equities in the growth stakes, according to ING IM.
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warning on alternatives as poor diversifiers
Alternative assets used as diversifiers may be damaging portfolios due to high correlation with other underlying assets, a report by Capital Generation Partners shows.
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New property fund targets student houses
Luxembourg Fund Partners has launched a new fund targeting investments in student houses in prime markets such as Edinburgh and Cambridge.
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Record week for Japanese equities
Japanese equity funds enjoyed a record-breaking start to February as inflows hit a 34-week high and retail commitments reached their highest level since Q2 2006, data from EPFR shows.
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Losses for UK property investors
UK property fund investors have lost an average 11.4% over the past five years, according to a study conducted by Castle Trust.
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mandg skirts 20 percent tax property
M&G Investments has taken advantage of the property authorised investment fund (PAIF) structure first introduced in 2008 to make the £2bn M&G Property Portfolio more tax efficient for investors.
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equities real estate are asset calls
Rather than 2013 being a continuation of a risk on/risk off approach, Keith Skeoch suggests this year investors will start to be more precise about where risk will be rewarded, with a greater empahsis on property and equities.