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DESPITE fears of global contagion from the US housing market collapse, there is little evidence that emerging market financial institutions have any meaningful exposure to the problem, according to Nicholas Field, economist & strategist at Schroders....

REITA, the education and awareness campaign for REITs and property investment, has welcomed the findings of a new Datamonitor report that placed REITs amongst the most promising growth areas in the savings and investments market. The report also noted...

THE fundamentals for Asian property equities remain robust, according to Chris Reilly, manager of the Henderson Horizon Asia-Pacific Property Equities fund.

SOLID yield spreads, strong pan-European economic growth and high levels of business confidence continue to strengthen the case for investing in European commercial property, according to fund manager Seven Dials.

4: Property has launched the 4: Landlords Project to help investors take advantage of the increasingly active markets of Croatia, Montenegro, Bulgaria and Romania.

HM Treasury has released a discussion paper on Property Authorised Investment Funds (PAIFs).

THE first anniversary of the Barclays Capital Asian Real Estate Income fund (AREIF) sees the fund celebrating annual returns of 15.3pc, with assets under management standing at £40m.

High rise, high risk? Global property funds should help diversify a portfolio. David Burrows examines two offerings...

THE M&G Property Portfolio continues to favour commercial properties with the completion of an off-market purchase of two offices.

NEW Star's International Property fund has received £206m worth of inflows since its launch last month.