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The British Property Federation (BPF) is the membership organization for the UK real estate industry, representing all those involved in real estate ownership and investment.
BPF Chief Executive Melanie Leech previously served as the director general of the Food & Beverage Federation for nine years.
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The Association for Real Estate Securitization (ARES) seeks to expand the range of investment opportunities available to institutional and individual investors by promoting the sound development of Japan’s real estate securitization market.
Nobuhiro Naito serves as executive managing director of ARES.
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The Asia Pacific Real Estate Association (APREA) represents and promotes the real estate asset class in the Asia Pacific region. It is the industry body for the suppliers and users of capital in the real estate sector.
APREA CEO Peter Verwer previously served as the chief executive of the Property Council of Australia for more than 20 years.
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REALpac is Canada’s senior national industry association for owners and managers of investment real estate, with members that include publicly traded real estate companies, REITs, private companies, pension funds, banks and life insurance companies with investment real estate assets each in excess of $ 100 million.
REITs lost ground in August, as market watchers said concerns about the Chinese economy and interest rates weighed heavily across the globe.
The total returns of the FTSE/NAREIT All REIT Index fell 5.7 percent in August, while the S&P 500 Index lost 6.0 percent. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note was flat for the month.
“The baby is being thrown out with the bath water. No sector seems to be immune,” says Daniel Donlan, managing director at Ladenburg Thalmann & Co., Inc.
In the latest edition of Quick Study, Brad Case, NAREIT’s senior vice president for research and industry information, discussed the difficult market conditions that prevailed on U.S. REITs in August.
The total returns of the FTSE NAREIT All REITs Index dipped 5.7 percent during the month, while the S&P 500 Index lost 6.0 percent.
“August was a very difficult month for investors. There really wasn’t any safe place to be invested,” Case said.
In the latest episode of the NAREIT Podcast, Rodney Ramcharan of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate analyzed the impact of China’s currency devaluation on the real estate industry.
REITs turned higher in July as solid second quarter earnings reports reaffirmed that fundamentals in the sector remain healthy, analysts said.
The total returns of the FTSE/NAREIT All REIT Index gained 4.9 percent in July, while the S&P 500 Index rose 2.1 percent. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note dropped 0.1 percent for the month.
Through July 31, total returns from the FTSE/NAREIT All REIT Index for 2015 slipped 0.6 percent, while the S&P 500 Index was 3.4 percent higher in the same period.
