The third weekend in September in Prague’s Letňany was held in the sign of the first Prague Polo Open
The horse polo returned to Prague after six years and it was a truly unique experience. The tournaments were attended by professional world players, mostly from Argentina. Arete Invest was the organizing partner, Energo Future was the main organizer of the tournament, “We would like to renew the tradition of Polo in the Czech Republic. During the First Republic and during the monarchy, Polo was a very popular sport and we want to restore this tradition and move it to a higher level, “says Milan Nebuchla from Energo Future. For the final tournament there came hundreds of spectators and traditionally, also ladies in classic hats. Forbes: http://www.forbes.cz/caky-a-malety-do-prahy-se-vratilo-spickove-konske-polo/ Ihned: http://domaci.ihned.cz/c1-65893430-v-cesku-se-po-letech-hralo-svetove-polo-pristi-rok-by-mohlo-prilakat-treba-i-britske-prince
Arete Invest Real Estate Fund quarterly results: yield outstrips expectations four-fold
Arete Invest, a fast-growing fund which focuses on investment in real estate, has published its results for the second quarter of the year. The value of real estate in the fund portfolio rose to EUR 53.5 million. The gross quarterly yield of the at-present open-ended Arete Invest CEE II sub-fund was 9.8 % p.q. a figure which outstripped expectations four-fold. “The results confirm the potential of the Czech and Slovak real estate investment environment, with the gross quarterly yield surpassing the market results many times over. We have kept the promise we made to investors and will pay out part of the yield on a quarterly basis,” explains Lubor Svoboda, joint founder and chairman of the administrative board at the Arete Invest fund. “The value of our assets in the second quarter rose further. Moreover, we are planning new acquisitions in the final part of the year. We are planning to invest further tens of millions of euro in the Czech and Slovak markets by the end of this year.” The expected value of managed assets in Arete Invest CEE II over the anticipated five-year investment cycle is EUR 200 million. The sub-fund is aiming for regular appreciation of the money deposited by investors of 11 to 16 per cent per annum, whereby up to 6 per cent of this per year will be paid out on a quarterly basis. The current profitability has far outstripped these estimated values. Arete Invest was presented with a Special Award for Innovation and Transparency on the Czech Investment Market at the prestigious Czech Top 100 Awards at a ceremonial evening held at the Spanish Hall of Prague Castle at the end of the second quarter. The reason for this special award from Czech Top 100 was mainly the company’s work in bringing foreign capital to the Czech Republic, along with its highly transparent approach to investors, using international standards but under the supervision of the Czech National Bank thanks to local registration of the fund, regular distribution of 6 % per annum and a short investment cycle for the first sub-fund, with audited result of more than 100 % profit for shareholders in only 18 months.
The economy is growing; demand for industrial property exceeds supply
Arete Invest, a fast growing fund focused on the property investment, started to publish its quarterly market analysis of industrial and logistic property in the Czech Republic. In the second quarter, 205,000 m2 of new premises were built but 245,000 m2 were newly occupied, thus more than 40,000 m2 of the area. In total there are 6,68 mil m2 of industrial and logistic property in the country, slightly more over 4% of the area is free. „The market situation of industrial property confirms a long-term positive trend of economic growth. A shortage of manpower is becoming a limiting factor for investors and tenants. Another interesting parameter is a vacancy rate. The vacancy rate reaches very low levels, nevertheless, it is important to realize that it is still a great absolute value out of the total amount of m2 of the property,” explains Tomáš Novotný, a member of the investment committee of Arete Invest fund, responsible for the strategic investment and asset management. “When choosing our investment, we focus on the locations where the unemployment shows for us more positive values than the average number. Therefore, our portfolio has a zero-vacancy rate and it falls within the above-average values compared to the market,“ he adds. At the end of the second quarter of this year there were 6,68 mil m2 of industrial and logistic property in the Czech Republic, another 558,000 m2 is under construction, especially around Prague. 4,05% of the area is free. The so-called gross lease reached 325,000 m2 in the reference period. Net lease, which is net of repeatedly concluded contracts and thus represents newly occupied premises, was 245,000 m2. The lease rate per square meter generally varies between EUR 3,60 and 4,40 in case of industrial and logistic property. About the industrial property analysis „Within the framework of our current sub-fund Arete Invest CEE II we create subsequently a portfolio of yield industrial and logistic property with a high standard. We analyze the market in detail and we have decided to share our lessons learned. Thus, we are going to publish our analysis conclusions on a quarterly basis,“ mentions Lubor Svoboda, a co-founder and chairman of the management board of the Arete Invest fund. The analysis of industrial and logistic property includes objects owned by developers and investors. It does not include e.g. buildings which the company builds for itself and which are its property. Arete Invest draws up the analysis on a quarterly basis based on the public market data acquired by face-to-face meetings and telephone interviews of the developer´s and investor´s representatives and from published supplies and demands. If the acquired data is incomplete or ambiguous, the data examination is carried out to ensure the analysis is based on the data which is complete within the maximum possible extent.
Slovensko is Singapur in central Europe
Sam Shergill, privátny investor a člen správnej rady investičného fondu Arete Invest, pre Hospodárske noviny. http://finweb.hnonline.sk/financie-a-burzy/1011102-slovensko-je-singapur-v-strednej-europe
Bedřich Skalický joins Arete board of investors
Bedřich Skalický joined Arete Invest’s investment board. Skalický works for Deloitte, where he is in charge of transactions and property investment. He is also serves as president of the Czech Chamber of Real Estate Agencies and is a member of the Czech Chamber of Architects. http://cijeurope.com/en/encompassme-europe/26896/story/bedrich-skalicky-joins-arete-board-of-investors
Bedřich Skalický becomes a new member of the Investment Committee of Arete Invest
the Investment Committee of the Arete Invest Real Estate Fund welcomed a new expert in real estate and investment, Bedřich Skalický, in August. Bedřich Skalický also works in Deloitte, where he is responsible for transactions and investment in real estate. Bedřich has over 24 years of experience in real estate and investment. He is the President of the Czech Chamber of Real Estate Companies and a member of the Czech Chamber of Architects. He has experience in business and investment consulting in the field of real estate and funds. He worked for Česká spořitelna (Erste Group), where he founded a new real estate subsidiary and two real estate funds owned by Česká spořitelna (CSIA, CSSG) with assets totaling CZK 10 billion. He began his professional career in real estate with McDonalds as a real estate manager. Bedřich completed his studies in economics in Prague and at the University of Boston. He speaks Czech, English and Russian.
Slovak RE investment volume worth to hit €600m in 2017
The real estate investment volume for 2017 is expected to hit €600m in 2017, down from €850m in 2016, according to JLL. A mere 154 million EUR in real estate deals were transacted in the first six months of the year, with an additional 350 million EUR in progress. http://cijeurope.com/en/encompassme-europe/26764/story/slovak-re-investment-volume-worth-to-hit-600m-in-2017
Revenue and risk are like two sides of one coin. What do bonds, stocks, currencies and realities offer today?
An overview of the current investment environment in terms of returns and risk with a slight emphasis on the real estate market was offered at the Investment Forum in Prague by Robert Ides from ARETE INVEST. http://www.investicniweb.cz/video-vynosy-a-riziko-jsou-jako-rub-a-lic-mince-co-dnes-nabizeji-dluhopisy-akcie-meny-a-reality/
Arete Invest won the Czech Top 100 award
Arete Invest, a rapidly growing real estate investment fund, won the prestigious Czech Top 100 – Special Award for Innovation and Transparency in the Czech Republic's Investment Market during a gala evening in the Spanish Hall of Prague Castle. http://kancelarie.etrend.sk/novinky/arete-invest-ziskal-cenu-czech-top-100
Arete Invest has started restructuring its complex in Nové Mesto nad Váhom
The Arete Invest Real Estate Fund has started the long-planned restructuring of its industrial and logistics complex ARETE PARK NOVÉ MESTO in Slovakia. In the first stage, it will introduce 19,000 m2 of warehouse space to the market. In the second stage, it is planning the construction of new capacities with a floor area of up to 30,000 m2. “ We want to find new tenants for one of the existing halls. Our financial models figure in an increase in the revenues from leasing and a risk diversification in the form of smaller lease units. We want to take advantage of the trend of a high year-on-year growth of the prices for leasing logistics premises, which is approximately 10 % year-on-year in Slovakia. We have already purchased a complex with this plan,” says Tomáš Novotný, Head of Asset Management at Arete Invest. According to him, the demand for warehouse and production space has been steadily growing in Slovakia. In addition to the growth in rent, this is manifested also in a very high occupancy rate of leasable space (only 2.3 % is available). Furthermore, demand exceeds supply by more than double in the microregion of Nové Mesto nad Váhom. “The part of restructuring is also a negotiation on prolongation of a lease agreement with current major tenant of the complex, C&A clothing chain. Given the boom in the Slovak market, which is currently more attractive than the Czech market to real estate investors, we expect an increase in the revenues from leasing. Therefore, this step should be good news for our investors. We will commence the construction of new capacities depending on the current demand,” concludes Tomáš Novotný.
