Time to add to Property in your Portfolio?

Is it time for Irish investors to look at commercial property again?  BlackRock, the global investment giant, last week told its clients that the outlook for property is brightening, with falling interest rates and reduced yields in other assets. Does Ireland fit into this “brightening” picture? Portfolio allocations to the sector have been dragged downContinue reading “Time to add to Property in your Portfolio?”

For investors, does China matter anymore?

The South China Morning Post is worried about a recession in China.  Fortune magazine speaks of a dead-end for the Chinese economy.  And Bloomberg talks of China’s economic miracle fading.  Chinese consumers lack confidence and the property sector’s problems seem to be intractable. It seems a far cry from the years when China was growingContinue reading “For investors, does China matter anymore?”

Understanding China

Last week, two of the world’s most powerful leaders met in San Francisco. One representing a resilient economy with continuing impressive growth in numbers of people working. The other heading up an underperforming economy with huge issues in key sectors such as property – but China still matters. For many investors, China is just aContinue reading “Understanding China”

Irish Pension Funds and Property: Where to next?

The ultimate “Safe Haven”?  It’s how many see Property as an investment – it’s not true of course, but it does give us a sense of where it stands on the risk spectrum.    Certainly in 2022, for Irish pension funds and investors generally, Irish commercial property has played this role in what has been anContinue reading “Irish Pension Funds and Property: Where to next?”