All United Kingdom articles – Page 18
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White papersBrexit Muddle-Through Towards The Approaching The Confidence Vote
The newsflow concerning Brexit has been quite intense since the UK government was able to secure an agreement with the EU on 25 November 2018. The most notable developments have been:
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White papersUK Real Estate Market Outlook - February 2019
The UK economy: continued resilience in the face of ongoing uncertainty
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Asset Manager NewsUBS Asset Management UK real estate debt fund reaches conclusion of investment period with over GBP 338 million of completed lending
- UBS-PREMF takes total committed loans to 140% of equity raised at Fund’s conclusion
- GBP 45.4 million of new lending completed during 2018
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White papersEconomic and Property Overview: Q3 2018
The UK economy had a strong start to Q3 2018, output grew by 0.7% for the three months to August, an uplift of 30bps from Q2. All three sectors of the economy: services, construction and the production sector contributed positively to GDP growth, with the service sector (accounting for c.80% of the UK economy) providing the largest positive contribution to the headline figure.
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Asset Manager NewsOrchard Street acquires prime asset on Soho’s Wardour Street for £55 million
Orchard Street Investment Management (‘Orchard Street’), the specialist commercial property investment manager, has completed the acquisition of 141 Wardour Street, a prime mixed-use asset in Soho, London for £55 million. The purchase price reflects a net initial yield of 4.31% and the acquisition was made on behalf of St James’s Place UK Plc.
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White papersIf you can de-risk now, why wait?!
Pension funds in the US, UK and Canada have transferred nearly $400 billion in pension and longevity risk since 2007. While these countries are the focal point of the market today, the Netherlands has been a vibrant market, and Germany recently opened for pension risk transfer in 2018 with two notable transactions, together worth more than $5 billion. Several other countries will soon follow suit. In 2017, the US and UK set a combined record with nearly $50 billion in total activity3, and 2018 is shaping up to be another outstanding year on both sides of the pond.
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White papersBrexit: Where do we stand and what should investors expect?
Where we stand and possible scenarios ahead: After the EU approval of Brexit deal, we are going to pass through some tough times until the UK parliamentary vote on Brexit Withdrawal Agreement in December.
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Asset Manager NewsOrchard Street completes purchase of M25 industrial warehouse
Orchard Street Investment Management (‘Orchard Street’), the specialist commercial property investment manager, announces that, on behalf of St James’s Place UK Plc, it has completed the acquisition of a newly built distribution warehouse in Belvedere, South East London for £11.3 million from Buccleuch Property and Wrenbridge Land.
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Asset Manager NewsOrchard Street completes refurbishment at Bauhaus in Manchester
Orchard Street Investment Management, is nearing completion of a comprehensive refurbishment of Bauhaus, its prime Grade A office building totalling 50,000 sq ft on Quay Street in Manchester City Centre.
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Asset Manager NewsOrchard Street acquires prime Dunstable industrial properties for £28 million
Orchard Street Investment Management (‘Orchard Street’), the specialist commercial property investment manager, has completed the acquisition of two South East industrial assets in Dunstable, Bedfordshire for £27.95 million. The properties were acquired from Pears Property on behalf of St. James’s Place Property Unit Trust.
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White papersCashflow-Driven Investing
UK infrastructure debt: its merits for Cashflow Driven Investors
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White papersNon-traditional sectors: A focus on senior & student housing
Over the last few years, institutional investors have increased their exposure to non-traditional or alternative property types, which represented 14% of total direct real estate investment volumes in Europe in the first half of 2018.
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White papersCVAs and the changing shape of UK retail
More retailers are turning to corporate voluntary arrangements to restructure their estates - but a dynamic landscape is no surprise for seasoned real estate investors.
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White papersLGPS Pooling: The Ten Billion Pound Indirect Question
According to the “Findings of Project Pool”, a report which has formed the basis of discussion between the Local Government Pension Schemes (LGPS) and the Government on the best way forward with the asset pooling initiative, the greatest savings from real estate pooling will arise from the migration from indirect to direct ownership.
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White papersAre the best years behind us?
UK commercial property has had a good run; over the one, three and five years to December 2017 the asset class has delivered 8-11%p.a. total returns for investors, significantly outpacing UK bonds and closely matching the returns from UK equities.
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White papersUsing the indirect market to access the more expensive areas of the direct UK property market
This case study demonstrates how DTZ Investors was able to arbitrage between the direct and indirect UK property market in order to maximise returns for our clients.
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White papersDTZ Investors delivers continued outperformance in 2017
DTZ Investors delivers continued outperformance in 2017
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White papersTime to Invest in the UK Private Rented Sector?
The UK is suffering from a major housing shortage. A decade ago, the Government forecast that 250,000 new homes needed to be built every year to keep up with new demand, but ever since, housing output has averaged only 150,000 new homes per annum.
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White papersEconomic and Property Overview: Q2 2018
The UK economy grew by 0.3% over the three months to May, an uplift of 10bps from Q1’s GDP growth. Construction output which shrank by 0.8% last quarter, flat-lined in April, before resurging in May by 2.9% mom, while services output, which accounts for c.80% of the economy, increased by 0.4% over the three months to May.
