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Reits have taken a severe beating as property prices have tumbled. Yet there is little agreement about where the bottom of the market lies. Reits cheerleaders are still talking up their recovery prospects, but is talk of a renaissance premature? Julian Marshall reports.

Logistics: Everything in its proper place

While much European commercial real estate is struggling, the logistics and warehousing sector has been comparatively buoyant. But in uncertain times, is the sector’s relative strength sustainable? Laurence Neville reports.

UK property: Valuers come under fire

Over the past five years the world’s biggest investment management firms have increased allocations to property, propelling the asset class into the mainstream. Now the sector has stumbled, will they desert? Rachel Wolcott speaks to the largest asset managers active in real estate.

So far, the country’s economy has not been hit by the global downturn but analysts have been predicting trouble for some time. The country’s real estate sector will probably not escape unscathed. Philip Moore reports.

Those of us involved in finance tend to treat the vagaries of investment banking as a matter of life and death.

As in all other areas of financial services, the credit crunch has made its presence felt in international cash management. Banks and corporates have found their relationships and business practices severely tested and have found out who they can, and cannot, trust in a downturn.

Two of the world’s leading logistics developers have reached a turning point in their fortunes. ProLogis is restructuring its business in the face of the global downturn, while Gazeley’s new Middle Eastern owners could catapult the company into the big league. Stuart Watson reports.

Foreign exchange debate - Investing in FX: learning history lessons

Investors are busy in the country’s many retail, residential and hotel development opportunities, but in one source of funding – nearby Greece – local real estate investment companies are keeping money closer to home. Philip Moore reports.

Investment bankers are struggling in so many ways. The operating environment is far from rosy. Round after round of redundancies are announced and yet even those spared the black-bin-liner treatment are left wondering whether they might have drawn the short straw – the business is not going to be much fun for the few left behind. For those who do have jobs, such is the disdain in which the profession is held by the general public that many are finding themselves having to lie to avoid discomforting situations.