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Blundell moves to Grosvenor

Roger Blundell is the new finance director at Grosvenor Britain & Ireland, the UK arm of the international property group, which has £11 billion ($22.7 billion) of assets under management.

Rachel Wolcott, December 07, 2007

Morley’s UK reshuffle

Morley Fund Management is reorganizing its UK property team and has promoted Philip Nell as new lead manager for two leading retail funds.

Rachel Wolcott, December 07, 2007

BANKING

New pooled fund structure caters to corporate pensions

Aberdeen Property Investors has teamed up with Swedish insurer Folksam to create a pooled fund structure open only to companies within the Folksam Group. Aberdeen plans to roll out this new type of instrument for indirect property investments to other large multinational companies with separate pension plans.

Rachel Wolcott, December 07, 2007

Prupim expands sustainability efforts

Prupim, the UK-based real estate investment arm of M&G, has taken steps to further its sustainability efforts. The manager has teamed up with Royal & SunAlliance to provide Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) for Prupim’s entire property portfolio, thought to be an industry first.

Rachel Wolcott, December 07, 2007

BANKING

Brazil builds up to a mortgage boom

Local banks have finally started to take the mortgage market seriously. After decades of high interest rates that made residential lending impossible, they are slowly branching out into what could be an enormous market. Chloe Hayward reports on the challenges.

Chloe Hayward, December 07, 2007

J Sainsbury and Land Securities enter innovative joint venture

Europe’s retailers are between a rock and a hard place. Activist investors are pushing them to separate their vast property assets and realize value in the short term when the evidence suggests companies that continue to hold the freehold to their properties get higher returns in the long term. But UK supermarket group J Sainsbury could have found a solution for retailers in a joint venture with UK real estate company Land Securities – Harvest Partnership – announced in November.

Laurence Neville, December 07, 2007

BANKING

German real estate: Opportunist investors leave room for those prepared to sweat

German residential properties have fallen out of favour with some of the big-name US private equity investors. Is their withdrawal a signal of market decline or is there still value to be had? Duncan Wood reports.

Duncan Wood, December 07, 2007

BANKING

Kevin Fitzpatrick: AIG builds on its Brics and mortar

AIG Global Real Estate is one of the largest and most prolific investors in emerging markets. Now that Brazil, Russia, India and China are the focus of almost every big investor and developer, the US-based firm is far ahead of the pack. The group’s president, Kevin Fitzpatrick, speaks to Rachel Wolcott about AIG’s history in emerging markets and why enthusiasm for these markets might be overdone.

Rachel Wolcott, December 07, 2007

BANKING

The 2007 guide to Corporate Social Responsibility

What does it take to be a pioneer in Corporate Social Responsibility?

December 06, 2007

BANKING

Bond Outlook December 5th

US consumers are still spending like there will be no tomorrow. That may be their motive! In the UK, in contrast, the credit squeeze is beginning to bite.

December 05, 2007

BANKING

Corporate finance league tables: M&A

Including: Asia Pacific (ex Japan), European, US and Global Announced M&A

December 01, 2007

BANKING

Banking league tables

Including: Asia Pacific (ex Japan), European, US, Global Announced M&A Project Finance - Sponsors, Financial Advisers, Loan Arrangers and Loan Providers

December 01, 2007

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