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Precy Dumlao, Opalesque Asia:

Investors are now ready for greater appetite for risk, according to alternative investment consultants who participated in the latest study by research and data provider Preqin. The study also suggested that majority of investors ranked opportunistic funds as their top choice, followed by distressed and value added funds. Core and core-plus funds are the least attractive rand ranked 2.6 and 3.0 respectively when the respondents were asked to rank their preference from 1 – 5, with one being the least attractive and five being the most attractive.

The study authored by Dami Sogunro a Senior Research Analyst and Investment Consultant at Preqin which was participated by more than 70 consultants across the globe, concluded that the private real estate market is showing evidence of year-on-year improvement from the nadir reached post-2008.

It said: "Investment consultants and their private real estate investor clients will be looking to commit greater amounts of capital over the course of 2011 than in the previous year, particularly targeting opportunistic and distressed strategies in North America and Asia." But Sogunro said that the private real estate market is still in the stage of recovery despite the foreseen rise in investment activity. Key issues like market valuations and ......................

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