commercial property

Standard Chartered has told clients to prepare for a fall in property prices of up to 30% in large Chinese cities as the delayed effects of monetary tightening begin to bite.

Specialist fund management firm Rudolf Wolff has launched a Central London Commercial Property fund aiming to produce a net annual income of up to 7%.

F&C is launching its first open-ended real estate fund as it faces losing the mandate for its £617m F&C Commercial Property trust (FCPT).

Fee-based adviser and asset management firm Brooks Macdonald has agreed a £4m deal to acquire structured product and property group Braemar.

COMMENT

The Ignis-managed £979m UK Commercial Property trust is trying to merge with F&C Commercial Property trust to create one of the biggest vehicles in the sector.

Investment Week Conjecture

Following the strong performance demonstrated by most main risk assets during 2009, the start of 2010 saw volatility return to the markets.

Threadneedle Property Investments' managing director Don Jordison believes there is a danger the market could go off course again with so much money targeting UK commercial property.

Catherine Penman from property consultancy Carter Jonas says agricultural land, as an asset class, is growing in stature in the minds of professional investors