Real Assets – Page 76
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White papersUS Mall REITS: Diverging paths and changing tides
A review of the last 10 years in the US mall sector shows the diverging paths of high-quality mall operators versus their lower-quality peers. Ironically, under the strain of rapidly-changing market forces A-malls (malls that generate sales per square foot over $400 per annum) have emerged in even stronger shape than has been the case historically.
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White papersUK industrial property – A safe haven?
The industrial sector makes up a relatively small, but growing, part of the UK’s commercial property market. Once dominated by manufacturing, the increasing importance of distribution has transformed the sector over the past 20 years, and investors have increasingly focused on efficient supply chains and the requirements of online retailing as the major drivers behind growth and future development.
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White papersLGPS pooling: Could early transition of indirect real estate avoid future liquidity and performance issues?
The UK Government’s 2018 deadline for the onset of investment pooling is fast approaching for Local Government Pensions Schemes. According to the “Findings of Project Pool”, almost 50% of the real estate exposure of LGPS funds is in indirect investments and the greatest savings from real estate pooling will arise from the migration of assets from indirect to direct ownership.
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White papersFrance to lead European recovery
France is projected to post a strong increase in GDP growth in the next five years, while German and UK growth is shifting down in the same period
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Real estate: a growth market
It’s all go on the retail market. The generally upbeat mood is being boosted by a widespread economic upswing in Europe.
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White papersRenewable energies: a growth market
The global annual increase in renewable energies is forecast to double from 150 GW in 2015, to 300 GW in 2040.
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White papersAir travel: a growth market
The air travel industry has met the challenges posed by the market head-first, and enjoyed positive growth – including in the very recent past.
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White papersResponsible property investing
Welcome to M&G Real Estate’s fifteenth Responsible Property Investment (RPI) Report, which marks a critical turning point in our approach.
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White papersUK Real Estate Market Outlook: January 2018
The UK economy continued to defy gloomy market expectations during the third quarter of 2017, with GDP expanding by 0.4%. The latest set of positive data saw the Bank of England lift interest rates to 0.5% in November, a sign of their overall confidence in the market.
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White papersSlowdown of non-core loan sales to benefit secondary property
Secondary benefits as non-core loan sales continue a pace
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White papersAsia Real Estate Market Outlook: January 2018
In 2018, the regional output from Asia Pacific should follow a similar pace of growth at 4.8% y-o-y, versus the expected growth from Europe at 1.9% y-o-y and from the US at 2.5% y-o-y.
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White papersDemand for industrial real estate could rise further as manufacturers 're-shore' production
April 30, 2011 – the day after the Royal Wedding. As the UK recovered from the street parties (and a fair few hangovers), Zara’s factory workers were just getting down to work. Kate Middleton stepped out for her first post-wedding photo shoot in a blue Zara dress launched earlier that year and, naturally, the garment sold out within 24 hours.
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White papersClean Growth Strategy
The strategy sets out that clean growth is to be achieved through significant investment into the innovation of energy efficient technologies (£2.5 billion between 2015 – 2021) and importantly from the review, development and reform of UK policy and legislation.
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White papersHow did the UK market exceed all expectations in 2017, and can we expect more of the same this year?
If any UK property market forecaster had stood up at the start of the year and predicted that in December we would be debating whether the market will quite hit double digit returns for the year, not even the most bullish observer would have taken them seriously.
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White papersAre affordability pressures starting to bite in London?
Are business rate hikes in London starting to hurt retailers?
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White papersGlobal Real Estate Securities: 2018 Market Outlook
Our bottom-up fundamental analysis currently suggests that global REITs are priced to deliver another year of positive total returns for 2018 in the range of 8%–10%.
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White papersTop Ten Real Estate Questions for 2018
A concise view on the key questions facing the real estate investment market in 2018
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White papersOutside the financial sector, levels of indebtedness remain high
The story of the financial crisis of 2008 was largely the story of debt. A growth in demand for fixed-income products combined with lower underwriting standards of loans disguised the levels of risk eventually causing the collapse of one investment bank and balance sheet crises’ in many more.
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White papersChancellor delivers another tax change with potentially major implications for UK Commercial Real Estate
With changes to first time buyer stamp duty grabbing the headlines as “Box Office Phil” actually lived up to his ironic nickname, a tax change with potentially significant implications for the UK commercial real estate market has slipped under the radar somewhat.
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White papersThe case for infrastructure debt
The infrastructure market has evolved from a bank-dominated market less than 10 years ago, to one with a growing institutional investor presence. The fundamental drivers are regulatory change and the search for yield.
