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Is the slowdown in investment as dramatic as it seems?

Last year’s huge surge in investment activity outside the traditional property sectors has not been replicated this year. But even adjusting for this, we have observed a substantial slowdown in activity of about 25% from last year’s peak. To us, however, that slowdown seems primarily to reflect pricing concerns rather than jitters about the EU referendum.


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