Metope In The News

JSE-listed Redefine Properties is in talks with lenders to refinance R4.2bn of  its debt that matures during the 2023 financial year. Metope CEO & Portfolio Manager Liliane Barnard comments.

After a period of consolidation, right-sizing of portfolios and debt reduction, the listed property sector is now positioned to offer more stable cash flow with potential for growth recovery off a low base. Metope CEO & Portfolio Manager Liliane Barnard gives her views on what lies ahead for the sector.

Metope's investment team looks back at how the listed property sector performed in 2022, and discusses what lies ahead this year.

Metope's investment team comments on the quarter ending 31 December 2022.

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.