All Americas articles – Page 159
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California Uni puts real estate on ice
UNITED STATES - The University of California Retirement Plan has put plans to increase its real estate target allocation on hold until markets turbulence and returns have calmed.
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US managers begin switch from deals to strategy
UNITED STATES - US real estate investment managers are shifting their focus away from deal-specific research to strategic portfolio analysis, more in line with their European counterparts, as a side effect of the current market uncertainty, according to the International Property Databank (IPD).
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Prupim phases sustainability push beyond the UK
UK/GLOBAL – Prupim, the real estate investment manager, is planning to expand its approach towards sustainability worldwide and address the performance of its international portfolio, with research due to start in North America next month.
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Financial stress showing on apartment complex
UNITED STATES- The Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village apartment complex in New York, which is backed financially by pension funds, is going through some financial stress.
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Mass PRIM makes additions in real estate
UNITED STATES - Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board has selected a new real estate consultant and added an office building to its real estate portfolio.
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Federal Capital attains $230m in first fundraising
UNITED STATES - Federal Capital Partners has closed its first commingled fund with a capital raisin of $230m (€168.5m) through FCP Fund I.
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Buchanan Street Partners to be principal investor only
UNITED STATES - Buchanan Street Partners has shifted its business to focus solely on acting as a principal investor for all of its real estate investments.
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Emerging markets real estate to feel the pinch
GLOBAL - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned the real estate sector in the emerging markets will not be immune from the global credit crisis, contrary to the prediction of many analysts.
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Brazil’s FUNCEF to tackle equity fall with real estate
BRAZIL – FUNCEF, Brazil’s third-largest pension fund and one of the largest in Latin America, plans to allocate approximately BRL520m (€611m) to the fund’s real estate portfolio in a bid to diversify its assets following a huge drop on its chosen equity index
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Los Angeles City seeks a wider view
UNITED STATES - Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System has approved two new real estate commitments totaling $45m (€33.1m) which will see the pension fund invest in REITS and Latin America.
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Dallas Police & Fire helps fund retail venture
UNITED STATES - Dallas Police & Fire Pension System is the capital source behind a global capital relationship with its real estate manager CDK Realty Advisors and RED Development, which will invest in retail property.
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Alaska Retirement holds back from real estate
UNITED STATES - Alaska Retirement Management Board has decided not to allocate any new capital to real estate investment in fiscal 2009.
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PREA Conference presents a gloomy future
UNITED STATES – The pension fund real estate industry painted a pretty negative outlook for real estate investing at the Pension Real Estate Association’s 18th Annual Plan Sponsor Conference in Chicago last week.
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MagazineTurning the tables
You may have looked at Vietnam but what about Nigeria, Egypt, the Phillipines or Bangladesh? Their impressive statistics suggest that they will soon be forces to be reckoned with, as John Forbes and Yael Selfin explain
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Oregon PERF moves into infrastructure
UNITED STATES - Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund has made its first move into an infrastructure commingled fund and approved a $200m (€140.3m) commitment into the Alinda Infrastructure Fund II.
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ING Clarion takes its talent to Brazil
UNITED STATES - ING Clarion Partners is tapping its in-house investment expertise and opening a regional investment office in Brazil for the first time.
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Seize the opportunity
US investors have increased their sophistication in real estate investing – more private real estate, a greater risk appetite and use of synthetic investment tools.
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MagazineThe great resi rebound
Residential REITs are the subject of much institutional investor interest – indeed some pension funds are increasing their positions, as Stephanie Schwartz-Driver reports
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MagazineREITs take up the melody
Recent falls in the housing market have been spectacular but above average returns keep REITs on top of the pile. And apartment REITs may be set for a bull run.
