Real estate
Navigating the impact of climate risk on financial stability
As uncertainty abounds on the impact climate change may have on the industry, financial services firms must best equip themselves for potential regulatory and socioeconomic changes to ensure they maximise the opportunities of embracing new best practices…
Europe eyes the pitfalls of Japanification
Does the cultural and demographic experience of Japan apply to a heterogeneous grouping of nations that have no common monetary policy or a unified social outlook?
Asia moves: Credit Suisse appoints equity research head, Natixis makes string of hires, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Eurozone insurers’ bets on alternatives raises systemic risk
Dutch firms have more than 25% of total assets tied up in non-traditional investments
Start-up uses AI to zero in on US property deals
Team including former cyber intelligence agents builds model to target real estate transactions
Asymmetry herding behavior of real estate investment trusts: evidence from information demand
This paper investigates the effect of investor demand on herding behavior in the US real estate investment trusts (REITs) market by measuring investors’ information demand using Google’s search volume index.
Implementing Basel III – the view from Europe
EU approach to new credit risk framework must recognise local market structures, say banking experts
European investment fund growth slows
Bond fund growth rate falls from 10.6% to 8.2% quarter-on-quarter
Soaring Fed Home Loan Bank borrowings spark systemic risk fears
Parallels drawn with Fannie and Freddie as commercial bank borrowing from FHLBs nears $500bn
Infrastructure and real estate: Advanced modelling techniques for pricing and valuations
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Model firms vie to pinpoint ‘X factor’ in private equity, property
Difficulties gathering data plague efforts to determine correlation between private and publicly traded assets
Alternative assets under administration fall – survey
But growth strong in private equity and real estate
Custody Risk European Awards 2015: Private Equity/Real Estate Fund Administrator of the Year
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Banks attack proposed risk weights for specialised loans
EU lenders say both EBA proposals would distort capital requirements
Korea insurers increase risk to counter falling interest rates
Loose monetary policy leaves firms with no option but to buy overseas assets
Omni reaps reward of expansion into real estate lending
Omni Secured Lending Fund wins most innovative hedge fund
Third-party admin adoption all but complete for hedge funds
Segmentation expected between providers serving large versus emerging managers
Custody Risk European Awards 2014: Real Estate Fund Administrator of the Year
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