Mar 01
In the first installment of the Property Week podcast, brought to you in association with Hamptons International, hear from Fidelity Institional’s director of UK real estate Alison Puhar on the pension fund manager’s plans to own a £multi-billion European property portfolio, and where, and on what, she plans to spend funds now.
Martin Betts with James Max
Also hear from Martin Betts, former investment director at DTZ, on how the recession resulted in him joining his wife in her home furnishings business.
Next week the podcast, hosted by James Max, will feature exposed City Girl Barbara Stcherbatcheff on bonuses and bad behaviour in the City, propertyfinder’s Nigel Lewis and classic car and Aston Martin expert Desmond Smail.
Fidelity Institutional: http://www.fidelityinstitutional.com/
Josephine Home: http://www.josephinehome.co.uk/
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Feb 19
In this episode James Max gets out and about to look at some fantastic artwork which is brightening up the lives of thousands of Londoners and helping developers get the edge ofver the competition.
He also goes back to speak to Tony Edgley, director at Jones Lang LaSalle about the shape of 2010.
Rob and Nick Carter
Husband and wife team Rob and Nick Carter whose work appears in many of the Capital’s most recent and newsworthy development and refurbisments are joined by Patrick from Art Source – a company which helps developers and landlords find and select artworks for their properties.
Tony Edgley
Tony Edgley is a Managing Director of Jones Lang LaSalle Corporate Finance. He has been with the company for over 27 years, 8 of which were in New York. He has worked and travelled extensively in South East Asia, where he was responsible for the establishment of two private real estate investment management businesses.
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Feb 01
The first Global Podcast brings you some serious international players looking at the future of property and cross-border investment.
Alex Jeffrey
Alex Jeffrey is CEO of MGPA’s European operations and is responsible for its business in Europe. He manages a 100-strong team across six offices, as well as overseeing the investment strategy and programme of MGPA’s European real estate funds which have around US$2.3bn of assets under management. Jeffrey has 20 years’ experience in finance and banking, of which the past 11 years have been exclusively dedicated to real estate.
James Knox
James Knox has been at Linklaters since 1987. He is cohead of the German Real Estate team and cohead of the London Real Estate Finance team.
He has worked on numerous transactions in Europe including the Blackstone/Deutsche sale and leaseback which was the first large multi-jurisdictional European sale and leaseback. James’ principal clients include Union Investment, RBS, Fortress and Deutsche Bank.
David Brown
David Brown is a partner in the real estate tax group of Deloitte in London and heads the real estate funds practice. He has recently returned from a secondment to Deloitte’s Sydney office, where he focussed on Australian investment into Europe, Asia and the US. Brown specialises in advising on the taxation aspects of real estate investment and development transactions and has led teams advising a number of real estate funds, property companies and private investors. His clients include Standard Life, Henderson Global Investors, Westfield, ING REIM, AREA Property Partners and Songbird/Canary Wharf.
Tony Edgley
Tony Edgley is a Managing Director of Jones Lang LaSalle Corporate Finance. He has been with the company for over 27 years, 8 of which were in New York. He has worked and travelled extensively in South East Asia, where he was responsible for the establishment of two private real estate investment management businesses.
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Jan 19
This issue presenter James Max speaks to John Slade - one of the Founders and Chief Executive of the recently established Accrue Capital, a real estate private equity house. Then we welcome back Dr David Kuo from The Motley Fool for his unique brand of sage personal finance advice. And we speak to Tony Edgley - Managing Director of Jones Lang LaSalle Corporate Finance.
John Slade
John is a leading real estate industry figure, with a proven track record in major real estate transactions. Over the past 5 years, John has led a team responsible for global investment transactions exceeding 5 billion Euros. He was formerly Chairman of Capital Markets and Head of Direct Investment at DTZ, Chief Executive of Richard Ellis City and principal of his own successful London practice; Slade & Co.
Dr David Kuo
Sky and BBC personal finance expert Dr David Kuo completed a PhD in Chemistry at Imperial College before returning to his hometown in Hong Kong to hone his business skills. When he returned to the UK, via Singapore, he did a stint at Hilton Group’s Racing Division, where he picked up a tip or two about the world of horse racing.David, married with two children, has now settled down to a more sedate life, writing investment content for The Motley Fool. He can often be heard sparring with the likes of Danny Baker and Jon Gaunt on BBC Radio London.
Tony Edgley
Tony Edgley is a Managing Director of Jones Lang LaSalle Corporate Finance. He has been with the company for over 27 years, 8 of which were in New York. He has worked and travelled extensively in South East Asia, where he was responsible for the establishment of two private real estate investment management businesses.
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Dec 18
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James Max talks to Jones Lang LaSalle’s head of retail agency Guy Grainger about the way retail has changed over the Noughties and what is in store for the big and small stores next year.
He also chats to Patrick Keenan of retail advisers Keenan & Co and Ian Westerling of Hamptons
International – who talks about buying second homes and where’s hot at the moment in terms of property.
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Nov 26
One of the world’s most famous economists Roger Bootle tells Property Week the reasons why his predictions are sometimes wrong, and gives his somewhat gloomy view on the national and property sector specific economic future.
BH2’s feared City of London agent Tony Gibbon tells Property Week what he thinks makes a good agent, his favourite deals and why how he dreams of being middleweight boxing champion of the world.
The podcast has also decided to help you out with the gruelling task of Christmas present buying. Christian Robinson, managing director of internet ‘gadgets and gizmos’ retailer Firebox came in to discuss the latest gifts and to talk about how the internet and the high street can work together.
James Whitmore also gives us the latest news.
News links:
Christal Clear
American Group buys Protego
Hammerson poised to buy Silverburn
Weblinks:
Capital Economics: www.capitaleconomics.com
BH2: www.bh2.co.uk
Firebox: www.firebox.com
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Nov 16
Credit Suisse’s Ian Marcus, Secret Millionaire Dominic List and DTZ’s retail head Mark Williams in the second part of Property Week’s November podcast.
Hear Ian Marcus’s views on why people hate bankers and who the banks are lending to. Dominic List discusses what it takes to build a multi-million pound business, if it is wise to set up a new enterprise now, and talks about his time on Channel 4’s Secret Millionaire programme.
Mark Williams talks about the future of the retail market, the deals he wished he had done, and what it is like working for the most talked about property consultancy in the UK.
All presented by Property Week’s podcast host James Max
Links
Credit Suisse: www.credit-suisse.com
Comtact: www.comtact.co.uk
DTZ: www.dtz.com
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Nov 03
In episode one of the first anniversary edition of Property Week’s Podcast Ian Marcus, head of real estate banking at Credit Suisse, talks to Property Week’s podcast host James Max about what is happening in the world of bank lending, his views as chairman of the Bank of England’s property forum on what the public and private sectors need to do to aid recovery, and discusses whether more regulation and restraint is required from the finance world.
Allister Heath, editor of City AM, the free business newspaper, also pops in to challenge the belief that free newspapers are in trouble, discusses the UK economy and looks at what he has seen happening in the property sector, the banks and the City of London.
And Property Week editor Giles Barrie goes over what is making the news this week.
Catch the second episode of the podcast next week for DTZ head of UK retail Mark Williams and Secret Millionaire and entrepreneur Dominic List.
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Oct 01
This month we are visited in the Property Week Podcast studio by Simon Camamile – European Director – National Investment, Industrial at Jones Lang LaSalle, who talks about the road to recovery and looks back on some of the highlights from his years in the business.
Mike Thomas – well known as the DebtWizard – who has helped thousands of people get a grip on their finances.
And Joanna Embling National Chairman of Women in Property, speaking direct from the Women in property awards about the need for an all-female group in the sector.
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Sep 03
This month one of the most watched television celebrities in UK broadcasting history came into the Property Week podcast studio. Adrian Mills, who presented That’s Life alongside Esther Rantzen between 1986 and 1994 talks to James Max about his chain of Thai restaurants and rental disputes with landlords, why Brits are still heading abroad, and those funny shaped vegetables. House-buying website Rightmove’s commercial director Miles Shipside discusses the site’s performance and what it tell us about the residential market and BNP Paribas Real Estate’s head of investment Paul Griffiths looks at the changing investment market and what is happening with the banks. Also, Property Week’s deputy editor James Whitmore discusses the top property headlines.
Episode 10
Websites:
Stories
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