World Beat
Catch a Falling BRIC
A few years ago, investing in a BRIC market Brazil, Russia, India, or China seemed like a can't-lose investment...
London Starts to Thaw
Somewhere over the Thames, the vultures have begun to circle. With prices down as much as 50% in the past 18 months, London's offices look like a bargain...
Securitization's Sole Survivor
Last year, mortgage securitization fell apart, taking with it some of the world's biggest banks and brokerage houses. But not in Denmark. Outside of a...
What, Me Worry?
The world may be down $2 trillion and change in stock and debt losses for 2008, but that didn't stop retail rents from rising in some of the financial...
Selling to the Sheikhs
It's a common real estate fantasy, but a good one. After years of struggling to unload a sinking portfolio, you find an Arabian investor who swoops in...
Deal Spigot Runs Dry in Europe
Asked to speculate about what would happen after he died, Louis XIV quipped, After me, the flood. But now that some latter-day sun kings in London and...
What's Next for Sovereign Funds?
When large foreign investors and sovereign wealth funds state-owned investment funds composed of stocks, bonds and other financial instruments came to...
No Place Like London
For years, fast-growing markets such as Shanghai and Istanbul were the best answer to most international investment questions. Now, as various parts of...
Good Morning, Vietnam
During the Vietnam War, U.S. prisoners of war used to refer sarcastically to the infamous Ho Loa prison as the Hanoi Hilton....
A Gusher of Arab Investment
Global real estate investment by Arab investors will nearly double this year, to $22 billion, say analysts with commercial real estate services firm Jones...
