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Mixed picture on property funds

By Steve Johnson

Published: November 22 2009 10:00 | Last updated: November 22 2009 10:00

Europe’s real estate fund industry increased its assets under management last year in spite of the bursting of the property bubble, according to McKinsey, the consultancy.

But McKinsey believed the picture soured this year, with the sector grappling with falling assets, lower fees and declining profitability, irrespective of the strong recovery in parts of the European property market since the summer.

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