Property

Robin King, director at Move with Us, the residential property services company, analyses trends in the private rental sector over the past 12 months.

Yields have rocketed on secondary assets in commercial property, presenting a compelling story for investors, according to Richard Tanner of AEW UK.

Harlequin Property, the UK-based overseas property sales agent that is at the centre of a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation, has lost its second auditor in under three years.

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The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has written to pension providers asking them for details of members' holdings in Harlequin Property, a UK based overseas property sales agent that is not regulated.

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Duncan Owen, head of property funds at Schroders, provides an overview of the current UK property market and suggests how to make portfolios more liquid.

Berkeley Burke SIPP Administration has revealed it has stopped accepting overseas property into its self-invested personal pension (SIPP).

Aberdeen Asset Management has appointed Dimme Lucassen as a fund manager within the property multi-manager team, based in Amsterdam.

First State Investments' head of property securities Andrew Nicholas has left the group to pursue a new opportunity in the industry.