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Pictet Funds has launched the PF(LUX) - Timber fund, to be managed by Gabriel Micheli, Christoph Butz and Philippe de Weck.

Its international focus has enabled New Star's newest property fund to outperform

UK house prices continued to tumble in August, falling by 1.9pc on the month, according to the Nationwide house price index.

Despite the dip in house prices, homeowners in the 65+ age bracket still have £726.43bn of equity in their homes, according to Prudential, with 40pc of this concentrated in London and the south east.

Heightened recessionary fears and a growing incidence of shorting is causing "unprecedented" volatility in the commercial property market, according to the latest quarterly property investment perspective from Reita.

SWIP has appointed Ed Trevillion as head of property research.

Research by Skandia has revealed that investors are set to withdraw £18bn from buy-to-let property, providing a great opportunity for advisers and platforms.

Alpha Pyrenees Trust has posted its half year results for the six months to June 30, 2008. They revealed adjusted earnings of £5.2m and a further dividend of 1.75p per share in respect of Q2. The Trust has now paid and declared 3.5p per share for the...

Arch Financial Products and Nice Capital have launched a new residential property fund, as part of a joint venture.

Sarah Godfrey talks to F&C's head of distribution and retail development, Cristobal Mendez de Vigo, about the 140-year-old group's new presence as a global distributor and the emphasis on local partnerships that he hopes will open doors