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RREEF to Get Plenty of Bidders, Experts Say
If Deutsche Bank puts RREEF up for sale, bidders will line up....
Sometimes Just Coping with Crisis Shows a Leader's Mettle
When Anne Usher walked into her husband's office at his Panama-based company on a September morning in 2009, she was unprepared for what she saw. Harvey...
Global Property Sales Soar in First Half of 2010 as U.S. Deals Rebound
A new report on global commercial property transactions shows that sales of major properties valued at $10 million or more surged in the first half by 75% compared with the same period in 2009. ...
Global Commercial Real Estate Investment is Climbing
Compared with last year’s anemic volume, global commercial real estate investment has increased dramatically through the second quarter of 2010, according to a new report by Chicago-based real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle. ...
Dubai Scrounges for Cash as New Deadline Looms
The sandstorm that gusted from Dubai after the emirate asked for a delay in repaying $60 billion in debt has settled down for now, and world stock market jitters have eased amid news of a restructuring plan for nearly half the debt. ...
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...
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...
In Pursuit of Global Transparency
Independent commercial real estate researchers based in the U.S. have embarked on ambitious expansions across the globe to create more transparency in...
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...
London Market Is Falling Down
Two years ago, when London was the center of the financial world, developers imagined a set of wild new skyscrapers to meet the demand. Now, London finance...
Investors Withdraw from Asia
Last summer New City Residence Investment Corp. appeared to be on sound footing. An owner of apartments in upscale neighborhoods of Tokyo, the Japanese...
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...
