All articles by Barbara Ottawa – Page 3

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Aberdeen postpones distribution from Degi Europa

2013-07-23T13:15:00Z

GERMANY – Distribution set back by two months as company waits for buyers to pay purchase price.
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IVG expects to reach compromise with creditors 'within days'

2013-07-23T12:00:00Z

GERMANY – Beleaguered Germany company has until month-end to conclude refinancing negotiations.
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Germany's IVG 'streamlines' portfolio to save company

2013-07-16T16:30:00Z

GERMANY – Company to offload properties, focus on institutional investors.
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Austria's Signa offloads German real estate debt unit in MBO

2013-07-16T16:00:00Z

EUROPE – Michael Morgenroth acquires all shares of Signa Real Estate Advisory.
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German investor launches €1.8bn property master fund

2013-07-11T15:15:00Z

GERMANY – Banking fund BVV thought to be behind Spezialfonds administered by Universal-Investment.
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Internos buys Commerz Real's €1.6bn Spezialfonds arm

2013-07-02T16:00:00Z

GERMANY – Commerz Real Spezialfondsgesellschaft ‘less profitable’ than other units.
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IVG puts Italian joint venture with Beni Stabili 'on hold'

2013-07-02T15:00:00Z

EUROPE – Planned venture will be suspended until German company is successfully restructured.
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Project Investment enters institutional space with new KAGB vehicle

2013-06-28T16:00:00Z

GERMANY – New group among first in Germany to launch real estate Investment KG.
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Union makes purchases for institutional GOEFs, plans more issues

2013-06-27T15:15:00Z

GERMANY – Asset manager acquires office buildings in Darmstadt, Frankfurt for undisclosed sum.
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BVV pursues new real estate strategy, aims to expand EM exposure

2013-06-27T14:15:00Z

GERMANY – Germany's largest pension fund says new real estate strategy 'on track'.
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Lobbyists succeed in excluding some German REITs from AIFM Directive

2013-06-20T16:00:00Z

GERMANY – EPRA, however, still 'struggles to understand' certain aspects of KAGB.
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Chairman at Germany's GSW hit by no-confidence vote

2013-06-20T15:15:00Z

GERMANY – Dutch manager PGGM wins partial victory in shareholder revolt at real estate firm.
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Pension funds could play 'interesting role' in German real estate

2013-06-14T14:30:00Z

GERMANY – Industry experts at Handelsblatt conference debate need for alternative financing.
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Switzerland's Corestate creates German property management subsidiary

2013-06-13T14:45:00Z

EUROPE – Strategy includes acquisition of existing management companies for further growth.
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Deutsche co-CEO rules out further asset management acquisitions

2013-06-13T13:45:00Z

EUROPE – Anshu Jain discusses abortive sales talks over RREEF, decision to rebrand.
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German institutions 'looking beyond' core real estate

2013-06-11T15:45:00Z

GERMANY – Increasing number of investors taking 'tentative steps' to broaden portfolios.
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Europeans still wary of US real estate despite improving fundamentals

2013-06-07T16:00:00Z

GLOBAL – Report finds growing institutional interest from every region except Europe.
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German experts demand real estate be allowed in pension pooling vehicle

2013-05-24T15:45:00Z

GERMANY – New AIFMD-compliant vehicle should offer 'maximum flexibility', argue experts.
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Swiss schemes cut bonds, abandon securities lending

2013-05-16T11:00:00Z

SWITZERLAND – Schemes 'rethinking' temporary lending of securities over risk concerns.
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German roundup: Hoechst PK, JLL, Hochtief, PSP Investments

2013-05-14T16:00:00Z

GLOBAL – Hoechst, Höchster pension funds buy retail portfolio from Jones Lang LaSalle.