Upping the ante following the initial weaponization of the dollar in 2022, the United States and a number of allied nations have agreed in principle to begin distributing profits on seized Russian assets to Ukraine. Interest payments on securities in which hundreds of billions of...
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The Fund Manager
The long-term resilience of real estate
Beware of hasty and alarmist predictions. This crisis does not call into question the sector’s fundamentals and key trends. The current period is however a good opportunity for a...
The Fund Manager
Singapore REITs – Monthly Analysis
FTSE ST REIT Index has little changes from 837.43 to 835.40 (-0.35%) on the month update.REIT Index has rebounded c43% as of July 12 from the bottom on Mar 23,...
The Analyst
Macrobond Startling Stats
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Residential Investor
Chart of the month – Comparison of house prices to income and prices to rent across different countries
The last 12 years have seen a myriad of crises in various areas - international relations, climate, economies and, most recently, a global pandemic. Though the economic...
The Fund Manager
Why Every Net Lease REIT Should Strive To Be A Low-Cost Leader
WACC is an acronym that stands for “weighted average cost of capital” and this is one of the most important metrics we use in the REIT sector. The WACC is similar to the required...
The Analyst
Why Top Down Disruptions Increase the Role of Bottom Up Analysis: 4 recommendations
Impacts fast, recoveries slow Just as tornadoes, earthquakes, and floods quickly change urban landscapes, so too economic disruptions, erratic business cycles, and pandemics...
Residential Investor
Taxing the family home is the wrong way to repair Britain’s balance sheet
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The Analyst
TECH TALENT INTEGRAL IN COVID-19 ERA AND BEYOND
There are about 6.3 million highly skilled tech workers across the U.S. and Canada that are leading global innovation. This subset of 20 technical occupations is known as “Tech...
The Professor
Learning to live with extreme risk (part 1)
As coronavirus (covid-19) is reshaping the real estate landscape, property professionals need to rethink their approach to extreme risk events. It is now evident that mainstream...