Articles from 2018

Stonewood Alchemy Real Estate (SARE) is looking to broaden the reach of its US property portfolio by investing in the fast growing extended-stay hotel sector, a move that would add demographic diversification to the portfolio, broaden the return profile beyond the existing exposure to the assisted living and acute care sectors. Extended-stay hotels, which are known as apartment hotels in Europe…

The ageing of the baby boomers, the generation born between 1946 and 1964, is creating one of the biggest demographic shifts in US history and will have a significant impact on retirement and consumption patterns in that country over the next few decades. Data from the US Population Reference Bureau (PRB) show that there are over 70 million Americans who fall into the baby boomer generation…

After eight years of continued weakness the Rand is back on the front foot. The local currency has been one of the best performers against the Dollar this year and is currently trading near levels last seen in mid-2015. While the strengthening trend has lost some steam in recent weeks, the momentum appears to be in the Rand’s favour. Suddenly people with significant offshore allocations are…