Property

Commercial property sector is now offering good yields as well as good valuations, says SLI's Andrew Milligan

Following strong recovery in the second half of 2009, commercial property delivered a total return of +2.18% for the year (IPD Monthly Index December 2009), driven principally by capital growth of around 8% during Q4 2009 - a figure that would have been...

Barings is to launch a Dublin-domiciled Ucits III Middle East and North Africa (Mena) fund.

Managers are growing increasingly cautious on short-term commercial property markets, with Ignis the latest to warn investors of a potential drop in capital values.

Ignis has warned investors in its £510m UK Property fund to expect a short-term drop in capital values but believes returns will remain positive.

Jupiter's Philip Gibbs has opened up a net short position on "overvalued" UK commercial property stocks as the manager develops a number of early themes into his new Absolute Return fund.

Henry Dixon, fund manager at Matterley, looks at whether the real estate sector is displaying value.

Henderson New Star's Ainslie McLennan says the turnaround in commercial property reflects the shift in investor sentiment.

Ignis UK Property manager believes commercial property sector offers investors more secure income stream and potential for long-term capital growth

Matrix is expecting double digit returns from its Asian Property Income fund on the back of a strong recovery in the Hong Kong and Singapore markets.