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A new kind of stock exchange

by Robert Bould | Dec 14, 2017 | The Guest Essay

Rob Bould, past chairman of the Investment Property Forum and NED of IPSX, which will be the first fully regulated stock exchange globally to specialise in trading the securities of single commercial real estate (CRE) assets, sets out below the solutions and...

Why the Emaar development IPO will make money for investors

by Matein Khalid | Oct 30, 2017 | The Macro View

Emaar Properties will sell 20% of its UAE development portfolio in an initial public offering in November. This is the first IPO in the UAE capital markets in the last three years and follows bellwether offerings such as Emaar Malls and Emaar Misr. Emaar’s Dubai...

Saudi Arabia and the crude oil price surge

by Matein Khalid | Oct 2, 2017 | The Macro View

September 2017 was an historic month for the global crude oil market. West Texas rose to $52 and Brent rose to $58 as financial markets finally accepted that Saudi Arabia has been successful in brokering high compliance rates with last year’s OPEC and Russia output...

Have we found the listed PRS vehicle we were looking for?

by Mark Cartlich | Jun 6, 2017 | The Analyst

Other than the results from the big names in the sector, the theme of the past few weeks seems to have been fundraising, especially in the alternative space. This has been an encouraging trend and shows there is life beyond the prime office and retail sectors. First...

Emerging markets: an update

by Matein Khalid | Apr 24, 2017 | The Macro View

Emerging market equities have been the darling asset class de jour in 2017, mainly in Asia and Latin America, despite the March FOMC rate hike, a US Dollar Index at or above 100 and a mini-swoon in crude oil after a Saudi-Russian output cut spat. Earnings growth...