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Even governments face supply constraints

The Future of Capital

January 05, 2009

Property hedge funds outperform

It has been an annus horribilis for most property professionals. However, closer examination reveals the odd patch of clear sky in an otherwise gloomy outlook. While most traditional property fund managers have been struggling to cope with collapsing asset prices and a flood of investor redemptions, the reverse is true for property hedge funds.

January 05, 2009

BANKING

Investment banking: How to make money in 2009

Even in tough capital markets, open only to the few, it’s still possible to craft good deals, attract new investors, bolster balance sheets and stave off disaster. For all their past sins and excesses, investment banks – the good ones at least – will prove themselves invaluable over the coming 12 months

Peter Lee, January 05, 2009

BANKING

Russia: Big brother helps little brother

Government support has prevented a systemic run on the banks, but funds are not getting through.

Guy Norton, January 05, 2009

Schroders hires Buckley for new Asia position

James Buckley as been appointed head of Asia property multi-manager at Schroders, a new position in the firm.

January 05, 2009

Hedge funds: Data

January 05, 2009

LandSecs abandons demerger plan

Land Securities has abandoned plans for a demerger and slashed the value of its portfolio by £1.7 billion. The UK’s largest property company had been planning a three-way split. However, announcing the company’s half-year results on 14 November, chief executive Francis Salway revealed that while the sale of its Trillium outsourcing division would go ahead, further demerger plans had been shelved.

January 05, 2009

Opinion

Inside investment: Equities – Buy at the January sales

Markets are positioned for something akin to the Great Depression. With so much doom and gloom in the air, now is the right time to buy equities.

Andrew Capon, January 05, 2009

Moving on in brief

Jon Lekander is the new head of the combined Indirect Investment Management team at Aberdeen Property Investors. This follows Aberdeen’s acquisitions of DEGI and Goodman Property Investors. Lekander was previously chief investment officer of Aberdeen Property Investors. Andrew Smith, former head of strategy at GPI, becomes chief investment officer. Rickard Backlund continues to lead the business.

January 05, 2009

Jean-Claude Trichet, The president of the European Central Bank

BANKING

Trichet’s balancing act

The president of the European Central Bank is at the centre of the global financial storm. He knows his actions are crucial to the survival of the entire global financial system. He gives his most in-depth interview since the collapse of Lehman Brothers to Clive Horwood and Mark Johnson.

Mark Johnson, January 05, 2009

China moves to prop up property

Chinese real estate: the worst-performing sector in the worst-performing stock market in the worst-performing continent in the world this year. It was little surprise that a large part of the stimulus package China launched in October was designed to put local property back on an even keel.

January 05, 2009

BANKING

Trichet: ‘Banks will not forget that their job is to lend’

The European Central Bank’s president knows that confidence must be restored before markets begin to function normally again. But he believes that the concerted action of central banks and governments means financial institutions should now be preparing to restore normal lending and borrowing relationships.

Mark Johnson, January 05, 2009

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