Property

Property continued to top the retail best seller table in November for the second month running in what proved another strong month for fund inflows, according to IMA figures.

The UK's largest authorised property fund has bought its first property for more than two years, and is hopeful of buying about £200m more.

Henderson has agreed the final sale needed in order to re-open its New Star International Property fund, which has been suspended since 25 November 2008.

Aviva Investors has reopened its €249.5 European Property Sicav, more than 13 months after it suspended dealing in the fund.

The LV= UK Property fund has spent more than £30m on new assets, including a portfolio from NFU Mutual Insurance Society.

Last week's statistics from the Investment Managers' Association, which saw property funds attract the largest allocations, are as clear an indication as you could wish for that investors have now largely moved away from fear and are ready to embrace...

Positive net retail sales over seven consecutive months show investors are shifting back towards sector

Swip's Gerry Ferguson has started to use cash reserves, purchasing a £260m property portfolio from Aviva Investors.

The Dubai World crisis could be the first in a series of credit crunch 'aftershocks' that change how investors view quasi-government bodies, warns Paul Brain.

Conviction is growing that a recovery is underway and equities have pushed further into new territory for the year.