All United Kingdom articles – Page 23
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Threadneedle UK Social Bond Fund: three years of doing well by doing good
Following its third anniversary, in January 2017, the fund has shown it can offer investors both profit and principle.
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Real estate: beating the benchmark blues
During a sustained period of strong performance for real estate assets, an investment strategy based on mimicking the benchmark paid off handsomely. But as we move into an altogether more challenging period, this approach will no longer reap the same rewards, argues Chris Urwin.
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Challenging outlook for UK real estate
The UK government’s negotiating stance on ‘Brexit’ has become clearer, which is good news for real estate investors. But value remains scarce across the market, says Tom Goodwin.
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A cornerstone allocation for pension funds seeking income and return
With the Brexit referendum now months behind us, uncertainty looks set to shape the investment agenda for some time to come.
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UK residential investment: Assessing the market fundamentals supporting the UK Build-to-Rent sector
Despite the UK voting for Brexit on 23 June 2016, the underlying market fundamentals that have been driving the potential opportunities in the UK Build-to-Rent sector (also known as the Private Rented Sector) continue to remain sound, in Invesco Real Estate’s view.
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M7 makes first acquisitions for latest UK Fund
M7 Real Estate announces that it has made its first acquisition on behalf of its latest UK fund, M7 Real Estate Investment Partners VI, with the purchase of £7 million of assets in Hull and Deeside.
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Cities of the future
As more office jobs are set to be automated, forward-thinking investors need to think carefully about the sustainability of the cities where they choose to hold exposure.
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What the national living wage and business rates review means for the UK retail sector
The introduction of the National Living Wag in April 2016 and the resetting of business rates in April 2017 have ramifications for the UK retail market. But just what exactly remains unclear, not least in the case of the living wage.
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Cross Asset Investment Strategy: January 2017
As 2017 begins, it is helpful to take stock of the key issues coming into focus.
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House View: Q1 2017
The Aviva Investors House View document is a quarterly publication which encapsulates the thinking of our investment professionals across asset classes.
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Financial Comment: Behind the Numbers
For students of economics, the four months since 23 June have been fascinating, baffling, concerning and often extraordinary.
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Cross Asset: 2017 and beyond
In an ultra-low or even negative interest rate environment, maintaining an overweight stance in emerging market assets (equities, debt and currencies), in credit (vs. government bonds) still makes sense, while continuing our search for yield and spreads.
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Economic and Property Market Overview: Q3 2016
Four months have passed since the referendum result, during which time we have seen a number of new developments, including a change in government, a succession of upbeat data on the domestic economy and quick monetary stimulus action by policymakers (an extension of its asset purchasing programme and a 25bps cut in the base rate) which has softened the adverse post-Brexit effects that were assumed by many economists.
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UK real estate market commentary: September 2016
While third quarter data for GDP has not yet been published, retail sales and other indicators suggest that the economy has continued to grow since the EU referendum.
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Can institutional scale rental accommodation help solve the housing crisis?
Behind the political headlines dominated by Brexit developments, there has been a key shift with another highly contentious topic – housing.
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House View: Q4 2016
Aviva Investors expects the global economy to move in a more reflationary direction
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The Case for UK Property: September 2016
The UK commercial property market has had to withstand a considerable rise in both financial and economic market volatility since the start of 2016. First, there was the turbulence in global equity markets at the beginning of 2016, after which came the result of the UK Referendum in June 2016, with the UK public opting to leave the European Union.
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European real estate looks attractive after Brexit but political risks remain
We forecast total returns on continental European real estate of 4.6 per cent per annum over the next five years amid weak supply and strong demand from yield-hungry investors, combined with recovering rents.
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UK real estate outlook: Risks and opportunities emerge after Brexit
We expect the ‘Brexit’ vote to have a lasting impact on the UK real estate market. We have downgraded our forecasts for total returns on domestic property from 5.1 per cent per annum to 4.3 per cent over the next five years.