A wave of new regulations is bearing down on Europe's financial and business industries, with the first measures coming into force in January 2013. Some operators in the real estate sector are prepared for this deluge and could even thrive in the new landscape. Others are not ready for the new regulations - the main ones being AIFMD, EMIR, Solvency II, Basel III - and risk being swept away.
Portuguese real estate investor and developer Bondstone is investing around €70 mln in a residential development in Belas Clube de Campo, municipality of Sintra, Portugal.
