An old myth exploded: commercial property needs inflation to perform, so the old story goes. New research shows that important differences in the hedging characteristics of property and equities mean they have complementary roles in the portfolio

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Commercial property weightings fell to 6% in 1994 due to underperformance of the equity market during the 1980s along with difficulties experienced by investors in managing the asset class. Property or equities do not offer full insurance against increases in inflation, according to rsearch, and markets hedge around 40% of any increase in inflation. Fund managers must consider that property capital values offer a partial hedge against core inflation rate changes, but equity prices provide no hedge.

Practice, Hedging (Finance)

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Bristol & West Investments

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UK finance firm Bristol & West Investments is enjoying strong business and its shares are seen as a good medium-term buy. The firm offers bridging loans, but its exposure to bad debt is limited.

Personal credit institutions, Nondepository Credit Intermediation, Lending Services, Financial services industry, Financial services, Securities, Bristol & West Investments

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Hedging your investments

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Many websites now offer UK retail investors information on hedge funds and the complex strategies followed by such funds. Several leading hedge fund sites are examined.

Evaluation, Web sites (World Wide Web), Information services, Web sites, Hedge funds

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