Property

Climbing prices in prime market prompt SWIP managers Gerry Ferguson and Vicky Watson to seek opportunities in secondary property sector

WHY INVEST IN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY

China's property bubble is set to burst this year, triggering a 30% fall in values, Aberdeen's Hugh Young said, echoing last week's warning from Anthony Bolton the sector is overheating.

The Chancellor George Osborne has proposed scrapping the 2% conversion charge on real estate investment trusts (Reits).

Violet McDonald of Standard Life Investments says understanding the imbalances in China will enable investors to take advantage of value in the country's real estate market.

Schroders manager makes investors' appetite for income primary focus for year ahead

Michael Morris, manager of the ING UK Real Estate Income Trust, looks at the impact of capital movements on UK real estate.

Tim Gibson is joining Henderson Global Investors as head of property equities for Asia on 1 March.

Henderson's Ainslie McLennan talks about the acquisition activity on the Henderson UK Property Unit Trust since November last year and how it has affected yield on the fund.

The aftermath of the global credit crisis has seen property as an asset class struggle in the face of liquidity issues.