All Retail articles – Page 4
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White papersThe great unwind: real assets acclimatise to new liquidity environment
Central banks worldwide have started the great liquidity unwind – from ultra-accommodative monetary policy to higher-for-longer interest rates in most major markets. This environment is mediated by global regions and poses divergent re-pricing risk for real assets.
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White papersHigher Prices Haven’t Spooked U.S. Consumers Yet
Solid U.S. retail sales and better-than-feared Q3 earnings suggest slowing but still-resilient consumer spending, which should support core inflation and keep the Fed on a hawkish path. Notable U.K. leadership changes gave markets a reprieve, though policy direction is uncertain.
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Asset Manager NewsGRESB awards five-star ratings to a.s.r. real estate’s retail, residential and office funds
Science Park Fund rises from two to four stars and is global leader in the Technology/Science category
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White papersReal Estate Outlook – US, Edition September 2022
“We continue to focus our strategies on defensive positioning while economic uncertainties persist. This typically includes marginal movements around strategy targets; less leverage, lower amount of value-add activities, and a focus on increasing occupancy over rent growth in retail and office.”
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PodcastEpisode 3 of RedevCast now live!
In this episode, Redevco’s Development Manager, Robert Bakker and Project Architect, Eke Wondaal from Rijnboutt share their vision behind an urban redevelopment, where we will add 45 residential units to an outdated, but well-located and central retail property in the city centre of Groningen, the Netherlands.
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White papersWhere Will Job Markets Be Tightest?
Waiting for the U.S. Labor Force Participation Rate to rebound? Demographic trends and the graying population will likely make a full return difficult to achieve.
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White papersThe Fed Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop
The Fed turned more hawkish this week, upgrading its outlook for the Fed Funds rate, and lowering its outlook on growth—leading to a risk-off tone in markets. Meanwhile, the ECB announced a new tool to help address the uneven transmission of monetary policy normalization.
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White papersShoppers Keep Spending, But For How Long?
A risk-off tone was prominent this week in markets amid rising worries of stagflation, given aggressive monetary policy. Despite the solid U.S. retail sales data, retailers led a sharp decline in equities mid-week, which pushed U.S. Treasury yields lower.
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White papersWhen volatility is rising, boring is beautiful
Fast-growing digital and tech companies generated a lot of investor excitement over the past decade, not to mention an outsized share of market returns.
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White papersWar & Pestilence
Military and economic responses to Russia’s war in Ukraine remain at the top of the watch list, as disruptions in energy and agriculture flows add to inflation pressures and worries about growth.
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White papersReal Estate Outlook – Edition 1, 2022
The economic recovery continues, albeit interrupted by Omicron, and the war in Ukraine poses a new risk. Global real estate volumes reached a record high, driven by domestic buyers. Falls in office and retail yields were more widespread. We think that any headwinds from interest rate rises will be offset by growth in the economy.
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White papersUK supermarkets: a sector in the eye of the storm
As the world slowly moves on from the pandemic, Eugenia Lara Armas, Credit Analyst, looks at how shifts in shopping habits will impact credit investors, with a focus on the UK supermarket sector.
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White papersReal Estate House View - Switzerland 2022
The residential sector in Switzerland has a surprise in store in 2021: the 12-year rise in the vacancy rate came to an end. On 1 June 2021, 9.5% fewer apartments were empty. One driver was the increased net immigration from abroad.
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White papersReal Estate House View - United Kingdom 2022
Retail warehouse capital values grew 7.0% in Q4 2021 alone, roughly eight times the rate of other retail segments. This statistic helps illustrate the divergance in performance between different retail segments.
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White papersReal Estate House View - Europe 2022
The ongoing demand for real estate has in recent years turned former niche sectors (logistics, healthcare) into pioneers, and we are hearing of new ones such as life science, data centres and self-storage.
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White papersAs COVID Cases Fade, Services Ready for Upgrade
January U.S. retail sales surprised to the upside, rising 3.8% M/M. The Omicron wave temporarily halted the shift in consumer spending from goods to services, as at-home sectors gained. Meanwhile, restaurant sales fell for a second-consecutive month.
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Research ReportReal Estate Outlook APAC, Edition 4 - 2021 - The air is wild with investment activity.
APAC economies slowed in the third quarter. Apart from China, countries are now looking to contain COVID-19 rather than eradicate it.
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Research ReportReal Estate Convictions - November 2021
In a world dominated by uncertainty, the recovery in the global economy continues. With the on-going vaccination of the general population and booster campaigns remaining a strategic priority, to avoid the introduction of new health restrictions that would deteriorate growth in late 2021 and early 2022, the deterioration of short-term prospects has come from China.
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White papersGlobal real estate outlook - Finding value in a new era
Global economies are showing signs of recovery as people adapt to living alongside COVID-19, and attention is turning to what our post-pandemic world looks like. M&G’s latest Global Real Estate Outlook highlights the challenges and opportunities that real estate investors may need to consider.
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White papersDefining retail city centres in 2030
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated contact-limiting measures, some of the world’s busiest shopping streets became deserted, and city centres came to resemble ghost towns. In the Netherlands, we suddenly had more than enough space to cycle in places where crowding would normally make it difficult to walk.
