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AREF's response to HMRC/HMT Capital Gains Tax consultation
On the 15th February AREF responded to the HMRC/HMT consultation on Taxing Gains Made by Non-Residents on UK Immovable Properties (this is a member only document).
To read more on the CGT changes, click here.
16/02/2018
AREF response to FCA illiquid assets discussion paper
On 8 May 2017 AREF responded to the FCA discussion paper: Illiquid assets and open-ended investment funds.
Member only document
08/05/2017
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Great Brexpectations
Opportunities & threats for real estate Funds, a Paper commissioned by AREF
With Brexit just months away, we still have no certainty on what this means for the investment fund industry. At the Association of Real Estate Funds we asked a selected group of experienced individuals , all grappling with different Brexit issues, for their views on the implications, opportunities and threats.
22/06/2018
LGPS Pooling (joint AREF/IPF Event) - Post-event Summary
Following the success of the two LGPS events in 2017, the IPF and AREF ran a further update seminar that considers the implications for property of the government’s requirements for the existing 89 Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) in England and Wales to ‘pool’ their investments.
Click here to read the Post-event Summary
11/05/2018
MSCI consultation on EU Benchmark Regulation
To view the summary of the roundtable AREF held on 3 May please click here.
MSCI released a consultation (click here for link) on EU Benchmark Regulation in relation to the MSCI Asset-based and Fund-based Real Estate Indexes.
03/05/2018
Brexit - are you prepared? Post-event Summary
With less than a year before the UK leaves the EU, this event focused on the current and future impact of Brexit on the real estate fund industry. We had the chief economist of Toscafund Asset Management, Savvas Savouri; Lord Oakeshott, co-founder and chairman of OLIM Property; Victoria Brown, head of regional management EMEA at Aberdeen Standard; Alex Bignell, head of UK at CBRE Global Investors.
Click here to read the Post-event Summary
03/05/2018