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UK shopping centre landlords heavily exposed to CVAs, UBS warns

Four of the UK’s largest real estate investment trusts are heavily exposed to struggling retailers and CVAs, the rising insolvency trend which has become synonymous with the decline of the high street, UBS has warned.

The analysis looked at the portfolios of four real estate investment trusts: British Land, Landsec, Hammerson, and Intu.

Its findings hinge on using floorspace to weigh exposure to struggling retailers, rather than the more typical industry metric of rental income.

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