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Letter from Paris: Cannes unmasks the property market mood

by Andy Watson | Dec 13, 2022 | The Fund Manager, zOurWriters1

Two once-in-a-generation disruptors joined forces this year. Black swan events are defined as ‘random, unexpected, but high-impact events’. Over the past 12 months, the property sector salons in Cannes, two winter MAPICs and the springtime MIPIM, have been...

Rugby union’s financial crisis

by Christina Philippoiu | Dec 12, 2022 | Golden Oldie, The Analyst

Originally published October 2022. Why the sport’s model is ‘broken’. As athletes, rugby union players are notoriously robust. But in England, the finances behind the sport are looking far from healthy. In the space of a few weeks, two of its most famous club...

What next for Ukraine’s formerly pro-Russian regions?

by Konstantin Skorkin | Dec 7, 2022 | Political Insider, zLead Article, zNewsletter

Ukraine’s successful counteroffensive in the Kharkiv and Kherson regions means that a large chunk of the country’s Russian-speaking southeast is returning to the Ukrainian political arena. As the heartland of pro-Russian political parties, this region has always held...

Our fetish for old buildings

by Edmund Marsh | Nov 30, 2022 | Golden Oldie, Residential Investor

Originally published October 2022. An engaged response to a passing Tweet, ‘Why do we fetishise plain old buildings?’ As someone who has built a business sourcing, acquiring, and adapting a variety of building types over the years, this question provoked an immediate...

Marinas

by Kristi Roger | Nov 29, 2022 | The Fund Manager, zOurWriters2

Part 2: A growing institutional asset class. Part one of this series began with a broad overview of the marina sector from a property perspective. It touched on the some of the main characteristics which are critical to marina valuation: quality of the core physical...