Asia-Pacific – Page 140
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Dutch pension provider PGGM scouts China for infrastructure deals
Henk Huizing, head of infrastructure for the €103bn pension provider, tours China on a fact-finding mission to scout assets.
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Real estate markets will become landlord-friendly in 2011 – JLL
Global real estate transactions to increase as markets move in favour of landlords.
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ProLogis, AMB merge to create global logistics company
'Merger of equals' to create world's largest operator of industrial real estate assets.
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Real estate risk profile 'more important' than geography
Geography will cease to be the main factor of real estate funds in the future, an online audience was told during IP Real Estate's latest webcast.
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UK posts double-digit returns, Japan continues to fall – IPD
GLOBAL – The commercial real estate market in the UK recorded the strongest returns for four years in 2010, while the market in Japan continues to suffer after two and half years of falling capital values, according to the latest data from Investment Property Databank (IPD).
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Global real estate investment surges by more than 50%
GLOBAL – Global real estate investment activity recovered to pre-crisis levels at the end of last year, and Europe and the US have seen the strongest rebounds, according to the latest figures.
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Invesco boosts real estate assets with AIG deal
ASIA – Invesco Real Estate has taken over AIG Real Estate's Asian fund and asset management business, with around €2.7bn in assets under management and 60 employees.
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APG makes joint bid for ING's €1.9bn Australian property fund
NETHERLANDS – The €266bn Dutch asset manager APG is part of a syndicate bidding for a €1.9bn ING property fund.
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Investors should branch into developing economies - LaSalle
GLOBAL – Institutional investors looking to guarantee strong returns in 2011 cannot rely on portfolios consisting purely of cities in developed markets, LaSalle Investment Management has warned.
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Swiss investor seeks exposure to Chinese market
IPE QUEST – A Swiss institutional investor is seeking to award a $500m (€367m) real estate mandate to managers specialising in the Chinese market, using IPE Quest.
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PGGM commits €57m to Chinese real estate joint venture
GLOBAL – A joint venture between UBS Global Asset Management and Gemdale Corporation has completed a second successful closing after Dutch investor PGGM agreed to commit as much as $75m (€56.6m) to Chinese real estate.
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Chinese investors avoid spotlight in global expansion
GLOBAL – Chinese investors are targeting real estate funds as they switch their attention from domestic urban residential investments to strategic assets in advanced economies.
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Fill the knowledge gap
A new report by Professor Graeme Newell finds Asian pension funds under-allocated to real estate and in need of reform. An overview of the report and a summary of findings is presented by Peter Mitchell
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UK investors to target Asia Pacific, says Aviva Investors
GLOBAL – Most UK investors are looking to increase their exposure to Asia Pacific real estate markets in the next three years, according to a survey conducted by Aviva Investors.
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MagazineStrength for growth
APREA’s recent VIP conference reaffirmed regional fundamentals – with an eye for new opportunities, reports Shayla Walmsley
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MagazineResilient listed
The country’s post-war boom and subsequent stagnation has been well documented. However, the listed property sector’s ability to continue improving shareholder value has not been. Matthew Hodgkins reports
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Swiss investor tenders $1.8bn mandates for Latin America, Asia Pacific and Canada
IPE – A Swiss institutional investor is looking to award three direct real estate mandates worth more than $1.8bn (€1.3bn), using IPE Quest.
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IPD shines light on Asian property performance
GLOBAL – Investment Property Databank (IPD) has provided the first-ever approximation of a pan-Asian real estate index, based on pooling data from markets in Japan, Hong Kong, China, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.
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APG joins group aiming to take over ING's €850m industrial portfolio
GLOBAL – Algemene Pensioen Groep (APG) is one of a number major global investors – also believed to include Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and China Investment Corporation (CIC) – seeking to acquire a A$1.2bn (€846m) industrial portfolio from ING Real Estate Investment Management.
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Pacific Star Europe closes, Stürmer moves to Capital Dynamics
EUROPE – Pacific Star Europe, the start-up global fund of funds manager co-founded by the former head of real estate at E.ON Energie pension fund Matthias Stürmer, is to be dissolved.
