By Matthew Peake, Partner, Cluttons Investment Management – Whilst Central London continues to attract significant global capital, investment in the regions over the last two years was up on 2016, with overseas investors accounting for a significant proportion of that.  »

Luxembourg’s funds industry enjoyed a good period of growth last year, a period during which assets under management grew, on average by 15 per cent, asset flows grew by 5 per cent, profits grew by 10 per cent, while margins were broadly maintained somewhere close to 37 per cent.  »

Following the initial boom of liberalisation, new restrictions are having a severe cooling effect on the nascent international Chinese PERE market – fund managers that are in it for the long-haul will need to up their game during this period of tightening, writes Jimmy Leong, Managing Director in Asia, at Augentius.  »

SS&C Technologies has launched a re-engineered version of SKYLINE Skyscraper, the company’s popular property management, reporting and accounting solution for commercial, residential and mixed-use property managers.  »

Looking for a post-Brexit, EU hub for global fund distribution? This report reveals how Luxembourg offers a complete toolbox for the job, from innovative fund structures such as the RAIF to solutions for the blockchain and cryptocurrency investment era… »

The sixth annual Institutional Real Estate Allocations Monitor from Hodes Weill & Associates and Cornell University finds that global appetite for investment in commercial real estate remains strong, particularly among institutions in the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa regions. »

Independent depositary firm INDOS Financial is now offering a new ESG oversight service, which will be led by Matthew Queree, the company’s newly-appointed Head of ESG Oversight. »