When the topic of an afternoon drinks in Mayfair after a rather splendid Christmas buffet with an investment bank was (the failure of) the audit of real estate companies, you know there is a big problem.

The Fund Manager

The capital allocators examine trends in the sector
When the topic of an afternoon drinks in Mayfair after a rather splendid Christmas buffet with an investment bank was (the failure of) the audit of real estate companies, you know there is a big problem.
Writing in the aftermath of one of the most contested election in modern US history most of the attention has been spent trying to predict the effects of Donald Trump’s...
As investors start looking forward to a new US President next year, they are trying to assess likely policies. Trump and his MAGA campaign have been reasonably explicit, while...
Spare a thought for poor Mr Pennycook, Labour’s new housing minister. Before we do that, however, we should congratulate him on being the longest serving housing minister in the...
I have to say, my optimism in the future of Uk commercial offices has become rather soggy to say the least. The news that Brookfield has placed its trophy asset at...
To be clear, and to contradict the popular narrative in the West, China does not have a property crisis.Rather, it has deliberately engineered a collapse of the property...
My father always encouraged me not to join a political party, nor to reveal my voting preferences for fear of being unable to engage across the political spectrum.
The centre of Paris, like many cities in old Europe, was not designed for the motor car. Napoléon Bonaparte conceived the arcaded Rivoli walkway in 1802, naming it after his...
All that glitters is (curerntly) gold – I cover the current attraction around Gold and question whether it has the potential to climb further.
Thank goodness sense has prevailed and the Government has withdrawn its ridiculous attempt to take the non-executives overseeing Carillion to court for alleged failures....