Invesco

GLOBAL - Pension funds and other institutional investors could plough more than $200bn into worldwide property markets over the next five years, Invesco Real Estate has predicted.

Pension schemes currently have significant numbers of opportunities across global real estate markets, Invesco Real Estate says.

Professional Pensions has teamed up with Invesco Real Estate to launch the International Property Forum 2010.

The Investment Management Association has appointed Douglas Ferrans as chairman.

US - Morgan Stanley will sell its retail business, including Van Kampen Investments, to Invesco for $1.5bn as the firm increases its focus on the institutional market.

GLOBAL - On the first anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, fund management groups agree it was the "erroneous" decision to let the investment bank fail which almost crippled the global financial system.

On the first anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, fund management groups agree it was the "erroneous" decision to let the investment bank fail which almost crippled the global financial system.

Charlotte Moore looks at the state of the commercial property market and finds that bold and resourceful funds with a long-term view can find opportunities if they get the fundamentals right

Charlotte Moore discusses the ways in which a fund can gain access to underlying market performance while also ensuring the protection of its liabilities