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Sovereign wealth funds under scrutiny
Oct 01, 2008
Sovereign wealth funds have been prolific buyers of U.S. commercial properties over the past two years. But their high-profile purchases have put them under the microscope of the federal government...
Will Fannie/Freddie Bailout Jump Start Economy, CMBS?
Sep 09, 2008
Commercial real estate circles — particularly those with stakes in multifamily markets — have been abuzz since Sunday, when U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced that the government was taking over...
Revolving Door at Grubb & Ellis
Sep 01, 2008
When Scott Peters announced his resignation as CEO at Grubb & Ellis Co. in July, the sudden departure was the latest chapter in a long saga of management changes for the once-powerful brokerage. Since 2001, three...
Volatility at Home, Opportunity Abroad
Sep 01, 2008
When the nation's largest pension fund has emerging markets on its radar screen, the investment world takes notice. During a daylong meeting in August, members of the investment committee for the California Public...
Overseas investing is fraught with obstacles
Sep 01, 2008
Pension systems in the U.S. face a host of issues when investing their billions of dollars in overseas real estate, and one key is understanding the difference between “emerging” and “frontier” markets. One leading...
Brokerages Anticipate Big Revenue Gains Outside U.S.
Aug 21, 2008
Get used to saying “EMEA” and “Asia Pacific” a whole lot. After all, Europe, the Middle East and Africa — a.k.a. EMEA — and the Far East are the new frontiers when it comes to growing revenue streams for the world’s...
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