All Real Assets articles in August 2008 (Online) – Page 3

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    Real estate markets continue to struggle

    2008-08-26T17:35:00Z

    GLOBAL - Global property markets are continuing to slow, according to the latest research by specialist property performance analysis firm, IPD, as the value of properties in the UK, Japan and Australia all showed declines in recent months.

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    Apollo creates AREFIN on new investor demand

    2008-08-28T17:50:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Apollo Real Estate Advisors has attracted an additional $309m (€210.6m) for its commingled fund, Apollo Real Estate Finance Corp, and placed the new capital raising in a separate holding called AREFIN Co-Investment Corporation.

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    CalPERS taps call for debt liquidity

    2008-08-28T17:51:00Z

    UNITED STATES - California Public Employees Retirement System has made a $200m (€135.4bn) commitment into a US Debt Fund investment run by JER Investors Trust, to take advantage of dislocation in the credit markets.

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    ORG to support Indiana PERF

    2008-08-28T17:52:00Z

    UNITED STATES- Indiana Public Employees Retirement Fund has selected ORG Portfolio Management as its first consultant dedicated to the real estate asset class.

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    Fresno County increases target on real estate and infrastructure

    2008-08-28T17:53:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Fresno County Employees’ Retirement Association has increased its real estate allocation from 4% to 6% and added an allocation of 2% to infrastructure for the first time.

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    Sacramento County plays strong hand on real estate

    2008-08-28T17:56:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Sacramento County Employees Retirement System is now in the process of looking at firms to manage an ex-US public REITs strategy, but has rejected plans from one of its managers to change a fund’s existing strategy.

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    BPF Bouw becomes latest victim to property fraud

    2008-08-28T17:58:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - The €25bn pension fund for the construction industry BPF Bouw is understood to be the latest victim of the large-scale property fraud which has affected the company pension scheme of electronics giant Philips.