Course Timings: Registration will be at 08:00 on Day One. The course will commence at 08:30 and conclude at 14:30 followed by lunch. There will be two refreshment breaks at 10:30 and 12:30.
Day Four: Wednesday, 29 April 2009
Property Development
Owning Property
• Analysing rental prospects
• Securing tenants in relation to valuation and fi nance
• Quality control and fi nance
• The timing question
• Examples of property fi nance
• Regional issues
 Case Study: Property Rental Returns And Financing Methods In The Gulf |
Ownership Vehicles
• Listed real estate companies versus direct investment
• Investment funds and trusts
• Limited partnerships
• Replication of property performance
• Advantages and disadvantages of synthetic property investment
• The development of synthetic property (PINCS, SPOTS, etc)
• Securitisation of real estate – development and results
| Case Study: Mortgage Securitisation In The Gulf Global REITs |
• The Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) in the US market
• The European and Australasian REITs market
• Prospects for a Gulf REITs market
| Case Study: The UK-REIT Market: Development And Prospects Portfolio Analysis |
• Characteristics of an investment portfolio
• Measuring portfolio performance
• VaR as applied to multi-asset portfolios
• Real estate in a balanced portfolio
• Empirical evidence on real estate investment
• Changes in portfolio structure worldwide
| Case Study: Comparison Of International Portfolios With Real Estate Components |