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Heard on the (virtual) road: office is the new retail, and activists are on the warpath

by Philippe Le Trung | Feb 9, 2021 | The Fund Manager, zOurWriters1

What do investors want right now? Which are their preferred opportunities, and what do you need to know about them? This series sums up what one European investment adviser has gathered from his online meetings, conferences and other wanderings. For over 20 years, my...

Valuers – are you certain you’re uncertain?

by Nick French | Feb 4, 2021 | Audio, The Professor, zListenToOrRead

It’s time to drop the material uncertainty clause for most property valuations – the market has largely adapted to covid now. In late October 2020, I was presenting a paper at an international Zoom conference and suggesting that, even in the depths of a second wave of...

1688-89: a not-so-glorious revolution?

by David L. Smith | Feb 4, 2021 | The Historian, zOurWriters2

The deposal of James II was less revolution than evolution, setting England firmly on the path towards parliamentary democracy. Few monarchs have inherited such a seemingly strong position as James II did in 1685. The Earl of Peterborough wrote within a few days of...

Greed is good! Cracks in the EU agri market

by Martin Schwarzburg | Feb 4, 2021 | The Fund Manager, zLead Article, zNewsletter

On 20 January 2021 the Czech lower house of parliament passed a bipartisan bill that, if enacted, would potentially pose a significant threat to one of the EU’s core elements, its single market with 450 million consumers. If approved in the upper house and by the...

Picton Property Income – performance at a discount

by Robert Murphy | Feb 3, 2021 | The Analyst, zLead Article

As often happens following major market events, some high-quality but less familiar stocks can find themselves overly discounted in the subsequent recovery. UK property investors have been well aware of the attractions of industrial property for several years, given...