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UBS launches investment fund with £43m retail purchases
UBS Global Asset Management has launched a £200m investment fund, seeded by two retail properties.
LaSalle sets up $1bn JV to target major properties
LaSalle Investment Management and Swiss fund manager Quantum Global have set up a $1bn fund to invest in large properties.
Assura boosts annualised rent roll by 48%
Assura, the primary healthcare property company announced a 48% increase in its annualised rent roll in an interim management statement released this morning.
Gazeley on the block for £400m
The Middle Eastern owner of Gazeley is planning to sell the European industrial developer for more than £400m.
Growth at British Land slows dramatically
Growth in net asset value at British Land slowed dramatically in the last quarter of 2011, though the company said it was positioned to benefit from economic uplift.
DevSecs confirms NAMA talks
Development Securities has confirmed it is in discussions to buy “a number of” assets from Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency.
Little Chef restructured to break "deadlock with landlords"
RCapital has completed the restructuring of roadside eatery Little Chef which has resulted in the closure of around 67 sites.
Pears and DevSecs win NAMA portfolio
Pears Group and Development Securities have teamed up in an innovative partnership to buy a £100m plus portfolio from the Irish National Asset Management Agency.
Regional comfort as St Modwen enjoys 9% NAV boost
St Modwen enjoyed a 9% boost to its NAV per share over 2011, the regeneration developer revealed today, in what will be a comforting sign to the regional development markets.
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Workspace appoints new chief executive
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Helical Bar signs £100m debt deal with RBS
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BGC eyes up US property services firm
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C-III takes over NAI Global
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Merger with Trinity adds new string to Chainbow
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NAMA sets up funds to stimulate market
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Prupim’s prudent search ends with opportunistic chief
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NAMA trawls Treasury trove to recoup €2bn debt
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First Alliance wins £75m workout mandate with Royal Bank of Scotland
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Minerva’s new owners give account of themselves
Video
Midweek Bulletin: What does the DTZ/UGL merger mean for shareholders and employees?
Australian services firm UGL’s completed takeover of DTZ yesterday will have major knock-on effects for shareholders and employees alike.
Data
DTZ: Global Debt Funding Gap - Europe struggles despite positive trends
The global debt funding gap has been cut by 27% over the past six months. It is now estimated at US$142bn down from US$196bn six months ago.
DTZ Research: Impact of Europe’s austerity measures
Total returns in markets most exposed to austerity measures related to the evolving sovereign debt crisis are forecast at 8.4% pa for 2011-15. This is 25% higher than those in the least exposed markets (6.7% pa).
Analysis
Consolidation key as market contracts
Latest league tables show volumes down on previous year and Jones Lang LaSalle the big winner after its takeover of King Sturge
CITY VIEW: Goings-on at London & Stamford become curiouser and curiouser
What is going on at London & Stamford Property?
‘Anglosphere’ will struggle to repeat last year's performance
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% for France, 21.4% for Italy, 18.7% for Japan and 14.4% for emerging markets.
