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It is also tempting to look backwards to see what the delivered risk premium has been on real estate over time.
A global economy at a standstill, populations confined and hospitals overcrowded are the consequences of an unprecedented health crisis. A rescue plan is needed and recovery...
So…It has finally happened. A mere decade later than initially expected, the real estate industry is coming to terms with the inevitable end of quantitative easing, ie, 'normal'...
A guide to the requirement. Solvency II is a comprehensive programme of regulatory requirements for insurers. One of the two financial requirements of Solvency II is the Solvency...
Most financial crises have plenty in common. They tend to start in the banking sector and involve excessive borrowing, together with an asset bubble, usually related to property....
These are important drivers of real estate market activity today and are likely to be even more important ones in the future. Family offices invest and manage assets with the aim...
Originally published September 2022. We continue with the next instalment in the series on Nobel laureate authors, some of whom may not stand the test of time. As the first...
Originally published July 2022. Jonathan Haidt’s latest essay, 'Why the Past 10 Years of American Life have Been Uniquely Stupid', calls attention to concerns related to how...
On 30 June 2022, purchasers of Hengda Longting apartments in Jingdezhen City, Jiangxi Province, issued a public notification of intending to stop paying home...
Originally published August 2022. Is history repeating itself? It’s not the first time that Jews have felt it necessary to flee Russia, but the invasion of Ukraine has...