One of the eternal questions posed in the canon of real estate academic literature is whether specialism pays, and if so, for who? In the case of Principals this would be defined as higher returns/valuations relative to a benchmark. In the case of Agents – or Capital Markets Professionals in...
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Ukraine war: inside the complex web of Russia’s warring intelligence agencies
Russian intelligence chief Sergey Beseda and his deputy, Anatoly Bolyukh, were placed under house arrest on 9 March. Beseda and Bolyukh oversaw the foreign intelligence...
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The battle for 1.5° of warming is already lost, so what’s Plan B?
Climate activists’ current stated goal is to limit global warming to 1.5° Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels. To achieve this goal, according to the latest IPCC report,...
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Tony Soprano’s critique of identity politics
Tony Soprano, the eponymous fictional antihero of HBO’s iconic series about organised crime syndicates in northern New Jersey, tends to evoke images of cigars, strip clubs and...
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Ukrainian Heroes Street: the ideology behind street name changes
Across Eastern Europe, the addresses of Russian embassies are being changed as a form of protest against the war in Ukraine. In the Latvian capital, Riga, the section of...
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John Maynard Keynes – an undervalued Great Briton?
One of the 20th century’s greatest minds should be remembered with pride. Most readers of The Property Chronicle will know John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) as an economist whose...
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The truth about the ‘great resignation’
Who changed jobs, where they went and why. The great resignation is a buzzphrase that first appeared in May 2021 and has struck fear into the hearts of employers ever...
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Time to stop investing for the duration
Those gazing into the future should be wary of inflationary storm clouds. There is cash in the bank, cash flows that are almost within touching distance and there are cash flows...
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Suppose you own a substantial number of shares – say, $500,000 worth – in Acme Corp, a manufacturer of home furnishings. And being a shareholder, you decide to attend the...
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Real or crypto?
An exercise in drawing parallels. The first cryptocurrency ETFs have recently been launched. This article briefly examines the concept of parallel markets (in particular that of...