All Asia-Pacific articles – Page 102
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CPPIB, Future Fund recapitalise Australian shopping centre fund
GLOBAL – Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Australia's Future Fund have helped recapitalise a flagship Australia shopping centre fund by agreeing to invest A$750m (€524m) between them.
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APG to increase weighting to Asian markets
GLOBAL – APG, which manages the assets of the largest Dutch pension fund ABP, said it plans to increase its Asian real estate exposure by €1bn within the next five years.
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New index rates London City offices 'hottest' CRE market
GLOBAL – A new commercial property index launched in London this week found London City offices to be the world's most attractive commercial real estate market, underpriced by 11.6%.
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London (still) calling
The UK’s revival continues to gather pace as funds believe the potential value outweighs the potential challenges, while investor sentiment to Asia Pacific is beginning to improve. Richard Lowe reports
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Growth in distressed sales begins to moderate
GLOBAL – The growth in distressed real estate transactions has slowed according to research from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
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Oregon scheme makes $100m commitment to pan-Asia fund
GLOBAL – The Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (PERF) has approved a $100m (€75.6m) commitment to the Angelo Gordon Pan Asia Real Estate Fund II.
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Punts in the powerhouse
For all its opacity, China is seen as the pre-eminent BRIC property market. So what has it got that India has not? Shayla Walmsley finds out.
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Brookfield Properties reinvents self, invests $1.4bn in offices
GLOBAL – Brookfield Properties is planning to invest more than $1.4bn (£885m) in 16 offices across Australia held by Brookfield Asset Management and reposition itself into a "global, pure-play office property company".
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European occupancy markets dragged down by austerity measures
GLOBAL – While occupier demand is rising in the majority of countries across the globe, austerity measures to reduce fiscal deficits are causing a drag on euro-zone and UK real estate markets, according to the latest global report from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
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Transactions on the rise globally, but down in Asia: JLL
GLOBAL – The volume of global real estate transactions in the first half of this year is almost double that of the same period in 2009, but deals in Asia-Pacific dropped by more than a third between the first and second quarters, according to Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL).
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No property bubble in China, says HSBC's Geoghegan
CHINA – HSBC chief executive Michael Geoghegan has dismissed predictions of a Chinese property bubble.
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IPE Forum: Retail threatened by internet, austerity and demographics
GLOBAL – Retail property assets have become increasingly popular for institutional investors, but the sector is fraught with challenges, listeners heard during IPE Real Estate's Investor Forum webcast last week.
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Global real estate transactions faltering, says RCA
GLOBAL – Preliminary data suggests the growth in global real estate transactions slipped significantly in the second quarter of 2010, as the sovereign debt crisis and fears of a double-dip recession took hold, according to Real Capital Analytics (RCA).
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CBRE Investors' pan-Asian fund of funds to target 'club deals'
GLOBAL – CBRE Investors' global multi-manager business, which has just raised $269m (€218m) from European pension funds for its new Asian fund of funds vehicle, expects to invest increasingly in 'club deals' in the future.
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Wisconsin State Investment Board drops domestic REIT managers
GLOBAL – The Wisconsin State Investment Board has dropped AEW Capital Management and Heitman as domestic REIT managers to adopt a more "global perspective".
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BPF Bouw opens Dutch portfolio to other pension funds
NETHERLANDS – BPF Bouw, the pension fund for Dutch construction workers, will offer other pension funds access to its €4bn domestic real estate portfolio so it can increase its weighting to global property markets.
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No risk of major crash in Chinese property market, says Henderson
GLOBAL – The Chinese real estate market may be surging, but it is at no risk of crashing and burning, according to Henderson Global Investors.
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Swiss pension funds to invest in India and Japan this year
GLOBAL – AFIAA, the global property investor owned by 18 Swiss pension funds, is aiming to make real estate investments in Japan and India before the end of 2010.
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Barings: China will tread carefully on real estate market
CHINA – The Chinese government will continue to tread cautiously over policy measures aimed at cooling the real estate market amid the near-certain postponement of a property tax originally scheduled for introduction this month, according to Barings.
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Emerging markets to lead revival of luxury retail sector, says Colliers
GLOBAL – Rents in the luxury retail sector are set to increase in the near term after a two-year hiatus, according to Colliers International.
