After historic woes on stock markets, institutional investors play long game in property

12 April 13

Two of the longest-standing mantras in the investment world are that stocks are for the long run and that property is a long-term investment.

Tough luck: property will pay price for bank regulation

6 July 12

There is no escaping the fact that credit conditions in the commercial property market remain bleak.

John Plender - Senior editorial writer and columnist at the Financial Times

‘Anglosphere’ will struggle to repeat last year’s performance

13 January 12

From a capital market perspective 2011 could best be described as the triumph of the “Anglosphere”. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index returned 2.1%, outstripping the markets of all the other large economies. UK equities were down 2.6%, which compares more than favourably with declines of 16.5% for Germany, 15%…

Pension funds can find missing link to index linking in property

13 May 11

The shift in pension fund asset allocation towards liability matching has gathered serious momentum

Gold still sets standard while markets are uncertain

11 March 11

When inflation becomes a serious threat, investors traditionally look to “real” assets to provide a hedge

Inflation is back — let us hope Bank of England does not panic

11 February 11

Inflation is back with a vengeance, driven by the surge in energy and commodity prices

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