PREI has fund management offices in London, and in Munich, which has a long track record of serving German-speaking clients. Both benefit from the company’s shared resources through offices in Paris, Madrid, Lisbon, Milan, Luxembourg and Istanbul.

PREI, which began operations in the U.K. in 1990, now operates in Europe as Pramerica Real Estate Investors and has eight offices throughout Europe. It offers a range of strategies, most recently expanded with a new debt strategy and U.K. investment strategy. Strategies provided through the firm’s two European fund management centers in London and Munich include its Pan European open-end commingled strategy, designed for a broad range of international investors seeking exposure to European commercial properties. PREI also offers closed-end commingled strategies that pursue opportunistic investing and specialized products for specific investor groups, including those designed specifically for German clients or Sharia’ah-compliant strategies designed for clients seeking Islamic structures.

It is a leader in the global real estate investment management business, offering a broad range of investment vehicles that invest in private and public market opportunities in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Headquartered in Parsippany, N.J., PREI has offices in Atlanta, Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Miami, London, Lisbon, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris, Luxembourg, Istanbul, Singapore, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Hong Kong and Tokyo. As of March 31, 2010, PREI managed about $43.8 billion in gross real estate assets ($22.8 billion net) on behalf of more than 490 clients worldwide and ranks among the largest real estate investment managers.

Prudential Financial, Inc., a financial services leader with approximately $693 billion of assets under management as of March 31, 2010, has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe and Latin America. Leveraging its heritage of life insurance and asset management expertise, Prudential is focused on helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth. In the U.S., the company’s Rock symbol is an icon of strength, stability, expertise and innovation that has stood the test of time. Prudential’s businesses offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, investment management, and real estate services.

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Buying a holiday or retirement home or simply investing in real estate is a proposition that has become even more attractive since Malta became a fully-fledged member of the European Union, thus shedding once and for all the legal and financial complications of the past. Maltese and foreign-owned real estate agents have risen to the challenge and today offer a vast range of properties, from stylish apartments and homely maisonettes to seaside village houses and country bungalows.

The trendy towns of Sliema and St Julian’s are the liveliest spots on Malta’s beautiful coastline, but the not-so-young mostly favour the Mellieha and St Paul’s Bay areas. Only 28 per cent of foreign-owned homes are actually in “holiday areas,” and you may prefer to buy a traditional village property with a walled garden and a cool interior courtyard where the centrepiece is a pattering fountain. Agents call these types of homes “houses of character,” and many have a distinct Mediterranean feel with their vaulted ceilings, tiled passageways, and archways. Prices are bound to vary according to selected areas and size of properties, but you can be assured of a fruitful investment. The popularity of Malta and Gozo with their virtually crime-free environment confirms the wisdom of such a move. Affordability and low maintenance rates are other advantages that have a bearing on house-buying in Malta.

The same goes for low living costs, juicy tax concessions, and almost everybody speaks English. You won’t find many places where it’s this easy to integrate into local society. Malta property prices aren’t bargain-based, but you’ll find some good deals…if you know where to look. Malta has long been a favourite British retirement destination, but is now fast being discovered by other European and American home-seekers wishing to live in a sun-kissed outpost. However, prior to investing in Malta property, you might consider renting property instead. Whether you are planning on visiting Malta for a short, sharp holiday or intending on settling here for a number of years, the property rental market is amongst the most extensive and varied of any European country. From farmhouses to villas and from apartments to bedsits you can rent or lease pretty much exactly what you want and where you want at prices which are, by most people’s standards, reasonable and affordable.

Those of you looking for a short stay may want to focus your attention on some of Malta’s more well trodden areas like Sliema, Valletta, Qawra, St Julians or Mellieha. Most types of accommodation are available for rent in each of those areas although you would probably have trouble if you are looking for famhouses which generally tend to be, as their name suggests, more out in the countryside. If you do chose to rent further afield from these more travelled areas be aware that public transport can get a little tricky especially if you hit the less populated areas of Malta or Gozo.