Metope In The News

The self-storage operator isn't as cheap as many fellow Reits, but continues to impress with its growing dividends. Metope CEO & Portfolio Manager Liliane Barnard gives her views.

Still on everyone’s buy lists, analysts reckon Redefine is ripe for a market rerating. Metope CEO & Portfolio Manager Liliane Barnard comments

Resilient Reit has called into question the merits of being listed on the JSE, saying it was considering going private as it was “no longer a given” that being on the local bourse gives firms, in particular property firms, greater access to capital. Metope CEO & Portfolio Manager Liliane Barnard comments

In the light of rising inflation and interest rates, is now an opportune time to invest in listed property as a long-term investment and are the risks facing the sector adequately priced in? Liliane Barnard, CEO & Portfolio Manager at Metope and Aimee Glisson, Head of Operations and Performance at Metope give their views.

Fortress Reit has proposed a share exchange that will result in its A shareholders receiving 80% of the company's distributions going forward, with the remaining 20% going to its B shareholders. Metope CEO & Portfolio Manager Liliane Barnard comments

Octodec Investments, which owns 254 residential, retail, office, industrial and specialised properties mostly in the inner cities of Johannesburg and Tshwane, says there is renewed confidence from national retailers looking for space across its portfolio. Metope Head of Research, Kelly Ward, comments.

Asset Magazine interviews Liliane Barnard, CEO & Portfolio Manager at Metope Investment Managers, about the specialist listed property manager's history and recent important developments in the property sector.

The logistics Reit continues to deliver the goods but its shares, back to pre-pandemic levels, are looking a little overheated. Kelly Ward, Head of Research at Metope, gives her views.

If Fortress Reit manages to successfully unwind a complex dual capital structure this year, it may be on track to resume dividends. Metope's Head of Research, Kelly Ward, comments

Some local property companies have spent money over the last 10 years building up resilience to climate shocks, turning risks into opportunities. In addition to installing solar panels, water storage tanks, greywater reticulation systems and the use of natural lighting in new shopping centres, select companies have issued sustainability-linked "green" bonds. Metope CEO Liliane Barnard elaborates.