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Investors in balanced UK property fund accept longer redemption deferral period, following manager’s departure and loss of value in £765m vehicle

The Property Derivatives Industry Group is redoubling its efforts to make it possible for banks to use property derivatives to hedge their own real estate risk. The special interest group of the Investment Property Forum is in talks with the Bank of England. PDIG’s chairman, Paul Ogden, founder of fund manager inProp Capital, said that […]

UK market overview The Jones Lang LaSalle Balanced Fund Index fell again, by -0.30% in October, with a 12- month return of -1.92%, writes Ashley Marks. Including secondary market pricing, this falls to -4.53%, reflecting investors’ continued nervousness about funds’ projected short- to medium-term performance. Redemption queues are increasingly common for open-ended funds, which is […]

There has been a slight uptick in investor sentiment in the latest Colliers International/ Real Estate Capital Pricing Survey, carried out three times a year by KASPAR Associates’ Dr Karen Sieracki. Yields have compressed a little in all sectors. Forecasts for 2012 capital growth improved by 1% since the last survey, in July, to -4.7% […]

Having created a world-class property benchmarking service, Investment Property Databank’s two founders are selling the private company to US-listed MSCI. They talked to Alex Catalano

Canadian pension plan’s property arm takes on co-developments in London, reports Jane Roberts

German towers buy is third joint big deal for insurer and Norway’s wealth fund, writes Lauren Parr

Pension and wealth funds seek control via separate accounts and partnerships, writes Jane Roberts

Difficulty in deploying capital has led many mezzanine providers to withdraw, reports Lauren Parr

INREV report outlines real estate debt’s attractions as a new market to many, writes Jane Roberts