Property

A trio of AXA managers have joined Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) as the group brings in-house a £1.6bn property portfolio it has acquired since taking over the Co-operative Asset Management.

The property manager of the Mansion Student Accommodation fund has proposed a wind-up of the fund after redemptions were suspended for more than a year.

Advisers have welcomed the Chancellor's overhaul of the taxation system around buying property, saying it is an "ingenious" idea that will benefit the majority of clients.

The government has said it will introduce seeding relief for property authorised investment funds (PAIFs), allowing such funds to launch without incurring stamp duty.

A 'lost generation' helps boost housebuilders

UK Commercial Property – Five reasons occupier markets are key

As flows into traditional property investments have accelerated this year, fund buyers have been looking outside traditional assets to more esoteric investment options.

UK property fund managers are being forced to hold above-average levels of cash as money continues to flood into the IMA Property sector.

Mill Group Residential, one of the country's biggest property groups, is planning to launch a ‘buy-to-let' REIT, the first of its kind to be listed on a UK stock exchange.

Tom Walker and Hugo Machin, managers of the Schroder Global Real Estate Investment Trust, explain how the need for liquidity is changing how, and where, funds invest in the property sector.