PA ANALYSIS: Property is not even a diversifer these days
Property used to be an alternative investment, a diversifier to equities, bonds and cash but as external influences push investor sentiment further south, it is struggling to even be this.
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Property and infrastructure trusts see inflows in Q1
Volatility has meant that no investment trusts were launched over the first quarter of this year, while money that was raised was focused around property and infrastructure trusts, according to QuotedData.
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Location, location, location: M&G’s Fiona Rowley
M&G’s Fiona Rowley talks about her love of the money and numbers game that is commercial property investing, how e-tailing is opening up buying opportunities and why she is relaxed about the EU referendum
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Aviva provides ‘cornerstone’ for new real estate fund
Aviva Investors Global Indirect Real Estate has provided £42.5m of cornerstone capital for a new real estate fund managed by AEW UK.
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Schroders switches property fund strategy
Schroders is planning to change the strategy of its Global Property Income Maximiser and rename it the Schroder Global Real Estate Securities Income Fund.
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Invesco rolls out UK residential property fund
Invesco Real Estate has launched the UK Private Rented Sector Fund, and simultaneously announced its first close having already raised £250m.
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UK commercial property investment to hit £70bn in 2016 – CBRE
CBRE forecasts the total investment in UK commercial property to be around £70bn in 2016.
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Brexit worries unlikely to scare international property investors out of UK market
The prospect of rising interest rates and a potential Brexit are likely to impact property sector investor sentiment in 2016, says Alan Sippetts, investment director at Heartwood Investment Management.
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London property sees first availability rise for two years
Availability of central London commercial property increased by 6% in the third quarter, according to real estate consultancy CBRE.
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Henderson expands global property team
Henderson Global Investors has expanded its global property equities team with the addition of a dedicated North American property equities team.
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Property to return 8.8% per annum – Aviva Investors
Aviva Investors has forecast UK property to return in the order of 8.8% per annum over the next five years.
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PA ANALYSIS: Plenty of life in UK property
With a Federal Reserve interest rate rise looming large and the Bank of England believed to be not a long way behind, there is an obvious case to be made that UK commercial property has had its time in the sun for now.