Property

A surge in demand post-RDR makes for positive headlines, but it also masks a bigger problem

AXA IM has launched a property fund that will invest in both equity and debt in an effort to produce a return profile similar to that of direct real estate investment.

Hermes Real Estate has hired Aviva Investors' manager Philip Nell as a fund director charged with overseeing a new property portfolio at the group.

One attraction of UK housing is its inflation protection properties, but unachievable targets and bad political policies could place the sector at risk, according to David Gibbins, fund manager at Hearthstone Investments

Property group Brandeaux has announced the redemption of a further 4% of investor shareholdings in its suspended student funds.

Delegates heard from four fund managers at Investment Week's Property Breakfast Briefing last month discussing portfolio positioning and tailwinds for the sector.

The regulator has frozen the assets of a property fund that it suspects is an elaborate scam.

European property is offering a safe haven to investors facing up to negative bond yields, said Alban Lhonneur, manager of the F&C Real Estate Securities fund.

Managers pick their top alternative assets

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has ruled in favour of four complainants who separately claimed they were given unsuitable advice to transfer their personal pensions to new plans permitting investment in overseas property.