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Michael Lever

The Rent Review Specialist

All posts tagged "Pension Fund"

Up in arms!

(2025 Jul) – Inevitably, the powerful landlord lobby – institutional investors, pension funds, insurance companies, REITS, quoted and major property companies, their advisers, and likely thousands of anonymous private investors – are concerned about the proposal to ban upward only rent reviews and especially the lack of consultation. But, some 30 years ago, when the […]

Pension Plan

(2014 Jan) – A pension is a long-term commitment and tax relief is attractive, but setting-up fees and on-going charges for pension plans can be disproportionately high. I suggest thinking inside the box. The question to ask is: would the proposition be worth buying if there were no tax advantages? Many property investment schemes and […]

Conflict of Interest

Jun 1985 – In a period of ‘retailing revolution,’ one wonders how advisers to pension funds can be so confident that the rate of growth essential to justify low initial yields on purchase price will materialise at the review date. Many funds are already becoming increasingly disillusioned with their agents’ failure to achieve the anticipated […]