Managing Risk in Facilities Management

Every building and every business is faced with a number of risks. Risks are a part of our daily lives. The results of some of the smaller risks might not be important. However the consequences of a major risk such as fire or flood can be catastrophic and will seriously affect the building, the business and people.

What are risks? How can they be identified and assessed before they occur? What is necessary for a good risk assessment and analysis? A clear understanding of how the business works and what is quickly needed in the event of a disruption could mean the difference between success and failure of the business. This is why we organize one-day training – Understanding and Managing Risk in Facilities Management on May 11, 2017.

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America’s Rental Housing: Evolving Markets

As recently as 1990, Americans earned only 0.5 per cent of their personal income from rents. Now they earn 4.5 per cent of their income from this source.

Since February 2007, more than 12 per cent of the total growth of personal income can be attributed to rising rental income, even though rents were only responsible for 1.5 per cent of personal income ten years ago. Put another way, rental income has more than tripled in the past decade during a period when employee compensation only grew by 31 per cent.

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Outlook 2017: European equities – investment opportunities

The year 2016 has been particularly unpredictable for investors, which is not surprising if we take into consideration that it has been a year of important geopolitical events, such as Brexit or the US Presidential Election. Equity markets saw a noteworthy sector rotation: sectors such as consumer staples and energy significantly outperforming in the first half of the year. The unexpected outcome of the British referendum was a turning point for equity markets: financials started to outperform as valuations reached extreme levels and inflation expectations started to rise. Events like this can have repercussions on the performance of the equity markets.

Forecast for 2017?

It is safe to assume that European equities have an excellent opportunity to break out of the trading range where they have been stuck for the past couple of years. We therefore highlight three reasons to be optimistic for the asset class in 2017.

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How could Romania attract more investors in the real estate market?

Perhaps the most important advantages that Romania has in the context of the European real estate market, in order to attract foreign investors, are represented by the market and location. There are also the advantages related to the resources and the high qualified labor force at competitive prices. Wall-street.ro talked on this subject with three of the most important European Property Federation (EPF) representatives: Liviu Tudor, Founder and President of the Romanian Association of Building Owners and Vice-president of the EPF, with John Frederiksen, President EPF and with Reinhold Lennebo, Chairman of the Managing Committee EPF.

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Markets to watch – Emerging trends in Real Estate 2017 ®

As we are approaching the New Year, the top 30 real estate markets to watch in 2017 have been announced in the Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2017 report published by PwC and Urban Land Institute. The report provides an outlook on real estate investment and development trends, real estate finance and capital markets, cities, property sectors and other real estate issues throughout Europe. Considering the emerging trends going into 2017, it’s important to look the moves ahead in the fascinating and competitive field that is the real estate industry. [Read more…]

Romania Profile: The real-estate market

The current issue explores two topics: the first focuses on an interview regarding the Romanian real-estate market published to an UK Real Estate publication. The second subject addresses the Habitat III New Urban Agenda, draft outcome document for adoption in Quito, Ecuador, in October 2016.

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