How have UK property funds’ office allocations changed over a year on from Covid?
Reports of ‘the death of the office’ may be exaggerated but pandemic has forced managers to re-evaluate types of assets they own
Commercial Property
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Investors weigh up economy and stock market five years after waking up to a Brexit future
In 15 years’ time, Brexit is likely to have been more damaging to domestic economy than Covid
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Commercial property is not dead but it is at an inflection point
The asset class has become like a bad relationship – too good to leave, but too bad to stay
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Ben Goss on risk: History jumps and property falls
Property has a place in a multi-asset portfolio – the question is how that exposure is gained and in what quantity
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Darius McDermott: Property should not be a dirty word for investors
Could the expectation that people work from home more as a result of the pandemic be a knee-jerk reaction?
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Multi-managers abandon property for absolute return
Multi-managers are shunning UK commercial property funds in favour of absolute return vehicles to avoid correlation with equities and fixed income, and improve portfolio liquidity.
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Columbia Threadneedle’s property head Jordison to retire
Don Jordison, managing director of Threadneedle Property Investments, is to retire and leave Columbia Threadneedle on 1 May.
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Whitechurch returns to commercial property
Whitechurch Securities has reversed its view on commercial property after swiftly abandoning the asset class last year on the back of concerns over valuations and Brexit.
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PA ANALYSIS: Property back in the black, but have lessons been learnt?
Some 12 months on from the carnage open-ended property funds experienced in the wake of the Brexit vote, investors seem to be returning to the sector once more.
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Testing the foundations for property
That property is top of the pops is no great surprise, but looking under the bonnet of the funds that professional investors favour gives us clues as to whether the asset class can maintain its momentum going forward.
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Comfort to be found in maturing alternatives
Regulatory intervention is just one of the factors having a taming effect on the wild west of alternatives.
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UK commercial property values rise at fastest
Commercial property values in the UK rose by 1.6% in June, up sharply from a 1.1% rise in May.