Specialist

THE IMA has welcomed proposals for the creation of a European passport for retail open ended real estate funds (OEREFs).

ASSETS in fixed income ETFs will grow by over 200pc to surpass $200bn over the next three years, iShares has predicted, due to capital market banks trading the products more widely.

MOST advisers believe recent moves by some providers to suspend withdrawals from property funds were sensible measures that safeguarded the interests of investors, research suggests.

RISING demand for Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) has prompted advisers to call for a fund of ETFs to be brought to market, according to Barclays Global Investors (BGI) client director Colin Tipping.

THE property investment market will have stabilised by July and made a full recovery by the end of the year, investments analyst Reita predicts.

NEW Star has acquired a further three prime properties for the £644m International Property fund.

AN Active Special Opportunity Property fund has been launched by Eaton Investment Management.

ABERDEEN Asset Management expects investment activity in the European commercial real estate sector to fall by around 30pc this year, largely as a result of highly leveraged investors being less active.

PINDER Fry & Benjamin LLP (PFB) has launched the second offer of shares in its actively managed commercial property investment fund, the PFB Data Centre fund.

HEARTWOOD Wealth Management has delivered a bitter attack against the IPD index methodology, holding it responsible for the mis-selling of commercial property funds.