Property

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.

Henderson Global Investors has acquired French property asset management firm Horizon Investment Management.

The £132m First State Global Property Securities fund has dominated the IMA Property sector over the last five years, being one of only two funds to make a positive return over that period, and has returned 84.5% since 2009.

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Gerardine Davies, former director of property at Aegon Asset Management, has joined BNP Paribas Real Estate as head of UK investment management.