Americas – Page 172

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    Selective focus

    March 2010 (Magazine)

    Investors’ plans for real estate investment in 2010 show a new focus on a few select markets. James Fetgatter charts investor intentions

  • News

    Washington State creates its own real estate benchmark

    2010-03-08T17:43:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Washington State Investment Board has dropped the NCREIF Property Index as the return benchmark it applied to its real estate portfolio.

  • News

    Indiana PERF sees potential in real estate debt

    2010-03-08T17:41:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Indiana Public Employees’ Retirement Fund has approved two investments in real estate debt totalling $230m (€169.9m).

  • News

    CalSTRS loses $83m as Fairfield moves to Chapter 11

    2010-03-01T17:31:00Z

    UNITED STATES- California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) has taken an $82.9m (€61.2m) hit in its real estate portfolio as one of its investments, Fairfield Residential LLC, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

  • News

    Kansas PERS turns attention to core real estate

    2010-03-01T17:21:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Kansas Public Employees Retirement System has made a $100m (€73.5m) allocation to the LaSalle core commingled US Property Fund.

  • Cash at the ready
    Magazine

    Cash at the ready

    March 2010 (Magazine)

    The US market is paralysed by uncertainty about the future, but plenty of capital is poised for a signal to invest. Stephanie Schwartz-Driver reports

  • News

    ING Clarion deal signals market re-entry

    2010-02-22T17:50:00Z

    UNITED STATES- ING Clarion Partners has shown its belief in the comeback of the real estate market and made its first acquisition in over two years for the Clarion Development Ventures III commingled fund.

  • News

    Wisconsin eyes debt as part of $250m signing

    2010-02-22T17:41:00Z

    UNITED STATES – The State of Wisconsin Investment Board is in process with making new investments in real estate totalling $250m (€183.9m).

  • News

    Mass PRIM to invest $1bn in 2010

    2010-02-16T17:09:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board has approved its 2010 annual real estate investment plan and could allocate as much as $1bn (€729.7m) to the asset class over the next 12 months.

  • News

    COP says US real estate could bring TARP downturn

    2010-02-16T17:08:00Z

    US – Real estate loan failures at a large number of small and medium-sized US banks could destabilise the country’s financial system and derail its economy recovery, according to the government body set up to monitor the unwinding of toxic assets.

  • News

    Ohio PERS eyes apartments and mortgages

    2010-02-16T17:04:00Z

    UNITED STATES – The Ohio Public Employees Retirement System has issued Requests for Information (RFI) concerning separate account managers working in the residential apartments and first mortgage loan portfolios space.

  • News

    SURS takes conservative approach to real estate

    2010-02-08T17:46:00Z

    UNITED STATE - State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (SURS) is planning to apply conservative growth to its 6% targeted allocation to real estate.

  • News

    Nebraska nears investment in secondary market (amended)

    2010-02-08T17:45:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Nebraska Investment Council is expected to put money in the secondary real estate market next month on behalf of its pension fund, and may make a $25m (€17.9m) investment in a Landmark Partners fund.

  • News

    New Jersey to tap structured credit...while it can

    2010-02-01T17:39:00Z

    UNITED STATES – The New Jersey Division of Investment has established a $300m (€212m) separate account with Och-Ziff Capital Management to invest in structured credit investment products.

  • News

    Kansas PERS puts $150m into preferred REIT securities

    2010-02-01T17:38:00Z

    UNITED STATES- Kansas Public Employees Retirement System has allocated $150m (€106m) to US preferred REIT securities through an existing REIT manager, Brookfield Redding.

  • News

    NY Common signs up to public-private programme

    2010-02-01T17:36:00Z

    US – The New York State Common Retirement Fund has invested in the US government’s Public-Private Investment Program (PPIP) via to third-party real estate fund managers.

  • News

    Pramerica to target Mexican pension funds

    2010-01-25T18:13:00Z

    UNITED STATES- Pramerica Real Estate Investors is creating a commingled investment fund which for the first time will encourage only Mexican pension funds to invest.

  • News

    SanFran CCERS moves assets from bankrupt Capmark

    2010-01-25T18:02:00Z

    UNITED STATES – The San Francisco City and County Employees’ Retirement System is transferring the assets held in a separate account managed by Capmark Real Estate Equity Group following the asset manager’s bankruptcy.

  • News

    Ohio PERS extends another $600m to core real estate

    2010-01-18T17:38:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Ohio Public Employees Retirement System has approved new commitments totaling $600m (€412.4m) into the core open-ended JP Morgan Strategic Property and the UBS Trumbull Property funds.

  • News

    CPPIB shops for San Diego retail

    2010-01-18T17:22:00Z

    UNITED STATES – The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has completed its first ever joint venture with Donahue Schriber on a retail property in San Diego.