Property

Standard Life Investments (SLI) is converting its £380m UK Property fund into a property-authorised investment fund (PAIF) next month, to give unitholders gross income without having to pay corporation tax.

Investors trapped in property funds suspended by Brandeaux last week have had to wait more than two years, in some cases, to exit the embattled vehicles.

An offshore property fund investing in student accommodation around the UK has been hit with claims investors cannot redeem their investments.

PROPERTY

Multi-asset managers have been moving back into property for the first time since the financial crisis, as higher income levels from the sector attract yield-hungry investors.

Henderson Global Investors' £12.7bn property business has appointed Tony He as director of property for its Chinese consultancy.

The UK may be about to experience its first real property crash, according to Justin Urquhart Stewart, founder of Seven Investment Management (7IM).

Spain's collapsing residential property market is still overvalued, banking experts have warned.

PROPERTY FUNDS

Investment Week was delighted to announce the return of its Property Breakfast Briefing on the 19th March at The Cumberland Hotel in central London.