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The Asia Pacific region continues to outperform the rest of the world even as the EU debt crisis and anaemic growth in the United (...)
As 2013 begins, the U.S. economy and real estate markets would seem to be in a similar po-sition as they were a year ago: (...)
The feeling of uncertainty that persisted throughout 2012 still lingered at year end. So we begin 2013 with cautious optimism as the same uncertain (...)
The European economy weakened in 2012 and growth is expected to remain anaemic in 2013 with the Eurozone periphery remaining in deep recession. Nonetheless, (...)
The NCREIF Property Index (NPI) posted the twelfth quarter of positive total returns since the trough of the market, and returned 10.5% for 2012. (...)
Japan‘s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) assumed power in December 2012 following a general election. The new Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, announced aggressive policies for (...)
According to the latest forecasts from the United Nation, global population will rise from around 7 billion in 2010 to 10 billion by the (...)
The property sector is fixated on earning environmental plaques for good intentions – often at the expense of actually improving sustainability through informed capital (...)
The NCREIF Property Index (NPI) posted the eleventh quarter of positive total returns since the trough of the market. However, appreciation decelerated to the (...)
Economy: The outlook for Japan’s economic growth is expected to slow down from 2.4% in 2012 to 0.8% in 2013 due to weaker economic (...)
In this mid-year review of our Global Real Estate Strategic Outlook, we compare our views from March and note any material changes. In general, (...)
During this mid-year update, we reaffirm our property sector allocation recommendations and recommend minor shifts to our target markets. Given our five-year outlook, we (...)
Real estate performance across much of Europe continues to weaken further in 2012. We forecast capital values to be stagnant in the north of (...)
Economy: An uncertain global economic environment in the first half of 2012 led to moderating activity levels in commercial real estate markets across the (...)
The NCREIF Property Index (NPI) outperformed other major indices during the year ending second quarter 2012. Returns were driven by both appreciation and income (...)
The outlook for Japan’s economic growth in 2012 has improved. Deutsche Bank economists now expect GDP growth of 3.1 percent this year instead of (...)
Internet retailing has been growing steadily over the past decade but still accounts for a small share of overall retailing. However, e-commerce is now (...)
The NCREIF Property Index (NPI) outperformed other major indices during the year ending first quarter 2012. Returns were driven by both appreciation and income (...)
Japan’s GDP growth forecast for 2012 recently received a significant upgrade from 0.7 percent to 2.8 percent. The increasing optimism reflects healthy domestic consumption, (...)
Globally, real estate continues to offer attractive value relative to the bond market with lower volatility in contrast with the equity market. Despite concerns (...)
The pace of economic activity has been slowing throughout much of Europe in recent months and we now expect that the Eurozone fell into (...)
In a year when one of the best performing assets was long-term U.S. Treasuries, real estate put in a highly respectable performance. Total returns (...)
After a short contraction in the aftermath of the Great Tohoku Earthquake in 2011, Japan’s economy is now set to recover. The growth rate (...)
Over the last several months, risks have been rising across the Eurozone. The recent announcements to stabilize conditions could raise optimism in Europe. Yet, (...)
The equity financing of infrastructure companies and assets has gained significant momentum in recent years. Drivers which include rapid urbanization in emerging markets, transition (...)
Japan’s large companies have shown resilience in the difficult period after the Great Tohoku Earthquake shook the country in March this year. Supply-chain disruptions (...)
Private equity real estate continues to have strong quarterly total returns, with the NPI achieving 3.3 percent in the third quarter 2011. Private equity real (...)
GDP growth forecasts for Europe revised downwards to 1.9percent and 1.3 percent for 2011 and 2012 respectively are expected to climb to 2.4 percent (...)
Major equity indices lagged in second quarter 2011, with the S&P 500 marginally positive on a total return basis, and the Russell 2000 marginally (...)
Recovery is upon us globally and parts of the world are even well into expansion. Global recovery in the property market began in late (...)
In 2008, RREEF published a white paper, titled The Case for Global Listed Infrastructure that provided a basis for an institutional allocation to the (...)
The Great Tohoku Earthquake in March threw the Japanese economy into a temporary contraction. Four months later, the initial economic shock appears to be (...)
Recovery in the property market began in late 2009, with certain markets in the Asia Pacific region and parts of Europe leading the way, (...)
Demographic changes have long been acknowledged as important determinants of economic growth and real estate market demand. However, real estate analysts have not in (...)
Major equity indices continued to perform well in the first quarter, albeit the S&P 500 is still off the previous peak by over ten (...)
The recovery of the European real estate sector commenced in 2009 and accelerated significantly in 2010, however, performance was not evenly distributed across the (...)
The 4.4 per cent GDP growth that Japan experienced in 2010 was the best economic performance the country had seen in years. Going into (...)
What a difference a year makes! After two years of negative returns, the NCREIF Property Index (NPI) produced a total return of 13.1 percent (...)
Infrastructure funds are increasingly targeting energy investments amid rising worldwide demand for energy. World energy consumption is expected to increase by 49% from 2007 (...)
Preliminary estimates show that Japan’s economy expanded by 4.4% in 2010, outperforming forecasts that even the most optimistic economists had presented at the start (...)