Hiag pushes on as peer postpones and sector is scrutinised

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By Andrew Griffin
08 May 2014

Swiss property firm Hiag Immobilien launched bookbuilding on its IPO on Tuesday, meeting a tough market as analysts worried about the real estate sector in Switzerland and as IPOs for a European housing firm and an unrelated energy technology were postponed.

Hiag, which was formed through a spin-off in 2008, redevelops industrial buildings into housing.

Swiss house prices fell in the first quarter of 2014, and analysts said that a bigger price correction could be on its way. Single-family homes were hit particularly hard, with an annualised drop of 4%, the most in 17 ...

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