All United Kingdom articles – Page 2
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10 Things Pension Schemes Should Know about Buy-Out
The UK’s defined-benefit pension schemes are financially stronger than they have been in years. Many sponsors and trustees are taking this opportunity to revisit their endgame. Should they transfer their obligations to an insurer in a buy-out transaction, or is the scheme better placed to run on, managing its own obligations?
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Asset Manager News
Invesco Real Estate Europe Fund III and Simten launch new platform ‘Original Works’ and exchange contracts for first London office development project
Invesco Real Estate, the USD 85bn global real estate investment business of Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ), and Simten, the London based developer of healthy and sustainable buildings, today announce that they are creating a new platform to combine their expertise in both real estate investment management and development.
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Bond Markets and the tricky balancing act
With UK government borrowing costs soaring, is the Chancellor on wobbly footing? Read the latest Fixed on Bonds blog from Premier Miton which highlights how important it is not to forget how much has changed since the GFC and pandemic.
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Asset Manager News
Redevco Acquires £518 Million UK Retail Park Portfolio from Oxford Properties
Redevco, one of Europe’s largest privately owned real estate managers, completes the acquisition of a portfolio of 16 retail parks across the UK for £518 million. The portfolio was assembled by Oxford Properties via the M7 Real Estate specialist platform it acquired in 2021.
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Consolidate with caution – Too much focus on scale could come at the expense of innovation
Last month, in an attempt to boost the UK’s growth trajectory, Rachel Reeves unveiled what she claimed was the “biggest pension reform in decades”. She reckons the UK has been regulating for risk, but not regulating for growth – a view many in the industry would agree with.
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UK equities: don’t believe the doom mongers
Remember Tony Blair? When Labour won a landslide election victory in 1997 after 18 years of Conservative rule, it inherited an economy on the rebound after a bout of inflation and high interest rates in the early 1990s. In the months that followed, sterling surged and UK stocks rallied.
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Podcast
Igneo’s Innovation in Infrastructure - Episode 2 - enfinium and the Carbon Capture Question
In this second episode in our Innovation in Infrastructure Series, Simon is joined by Mike Maudsley, CEO of enfinium. As one of the UK’s leading energy from waste operators, enfinium is supporting the UK’s journey to a Net Zero economy. enfinium is operating and developing six decarbonisation hubs around the UK and is using waste that would otherwise go to landfill to generate homegrown energy.
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UK Pension Reform: The Case for Further Consolidation
How the government’s review can help to deliver portfolio diversification and enhanced risk-adjusted returns.
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Lifestyling: the Achilles heel in DC pensions
Why too much derisking – the accepted orthodoxy in UK defined contribution pensions – is a bad thing
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UK real estate market commentary: November 2024
UK commercial real estate values are now showing signs of a recovery after steep price falls experienced since 2022, set against a muted economic backdrop.
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Stewardship case study: AstraZeneca
EOS identified robust succession planning for both the CEO and the chair as integral to the achievement of a long-term strategy.
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UK Real Estate: Talking Points October 2024
Welcome to our quarterly snapshot of current real estate market trends, using transparent capital and occupational market data points to summarise key implications for asset allocation and performance prospects.
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UK real estate market outlook Q4 2024
Following months of stabilisation, the UK real estate market is reaching an equilibrium point.
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Asset Manager News
Edmond de Rothschild REIM sees strong increase in GRESB results
Through the ongoing efforts of its local teams, Edmond de Rothschild Real Estate Investment Management (“REIM”) displays consistent improvement in the results of the annual Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (“GRESB”). Our UK Affordable Housing strategy scored the maximum of 5 stars and is recognized by GRESB as the global #1 most sustainable affordable housing fund.
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Ready for take-off…? Exploring opportunities in the travel sector
Manager of the Premier Miton UK Value Opportunities Fund and Premier Miton UK Focus Fund, Matt Tillett, and assistant fund manager. Mike Shrives, look at where they are finding value opportunities in the travel sector.
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Asset Manager News
Edmond De Rothschild REIM Completes Build-To-Rent Developments In Warrington And Birmingham For Residential Platform
Edmond de Rothschild Real Estate Investment Management (REIM) has added 765 units to its UK residential investment platform with phased completions of major build-to-rent developments in Warrington and Birmingham. In Warrington, opposite Warrington Central railway station, The Steelworks development provides 359 apartments for rent arranged around two large, landscaped courtyards. It features a sky lounge, work-from-home space, private hire kitchen and dining area.
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Is small cap M&A the catalyst investors have been waiting for?
Paul Marriage Fund manager of the Tellworth UK Smaller Companies Fund discusses the recent wave in M&A among UK small caps and the strong message this sends about the sector.
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Identifying opportunity and delivering student accommodation at scale in Europe’s most undersupplied markets
PBSA continues to offer an attractive yield premium compared to the private rental sector, despite offering enhanced growth.
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Shifting Institutional Property Portfolios: Evolution or Revolution?
The composition of institutional investors’ property portfolios has dramatically changed over the past few decades. This is a reflection of wider societal shifts, given that the property industry plays a key role in accommodating changes to how we live, work and play. In particular, long-term changes from shifting demographics to the adoption of new innovations all have a major influence on investors’ objectives—and in turn potential investment outcomes.
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Spectrum Q3 2024: Marvellous medicine
Second only to AI for its ability to generate investor hype, the biotech sector offers opportunity and risk in equal measure. Read our latest Spectrum report to learn why our portfolio managers believe the investment case for life sciences is more than skin-deep.