All articles by Barbara Ottawa – Page 4
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Feri, US Treuhand enter joint venture targeting US real estate
GLOBAL – Venture to develop funds for 'professional semi-professional' investors.
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Germany roundup: Pradera, Henderson, IVG, Patrizia
GERMANY – Pradera has converted an open-ended real estate fund into a Spezialfonds.
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Foreign investment in Germany back to 2004 levels
GERMANY – Corestate buys €290m mixed-use portfolio as Deutsche Hypo releases market figures.
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Room in the safe haven?
Real estate in Germany is attracting more international investment than ever before. Barbara Ottawa looks at the implications
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Austria's Immofinanz expands German property holdings
EUROPE – Deal brings former state-owned BUWOG one step closer to IPO.
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Lobbyists fight plans to define German REITs as funds
GERMANY – EPRA, ZIA criticise BaFin's proposals to bring G-REITs under AIFMD regime.
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German roundup: HUK-Coburg, Golding, EHL, Warburg-Henderson
GERMANY – Insurer awards €300m infrastructure mandate to Golding for broad diversification.
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Patrizia-led consortium acquires €2.5bn GBW portfolio
GERMANY – Buyout of listed company funded mainly by German investors to maintain alignment.
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German roundup: NAEV, Invesco, Warburg-Henderson target Austria
GERMANY – Retail park acquisitions show ongoing appetite for neighbouring market.
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iii-investments launches second real estate debt fund
GERMANY – Fund to invest in loans secured on real estate located primarily in Germany.
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Investors waltz into Vienna
Vienna is once more attracting global interest, while domestic investors remain underweight property with a home bias. Barbara Ottawa reports
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It works for us
Most Swiss pension funds have a sizeable real estate exposure and continue to reap the benefits. But their small property market is like black box, finds Barbara Ottawa
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Danger averted, for now
The threat to open-ended Spezialfonds has been removed, but institutions face an expensive domestic core market, says Barbara Ottawa
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German roundup: SEB, CBRE, Colliers
GERMANY – SEB finalises sale of German portfolio previously part of open-ended fund.
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German roundup: BVK, Invesco, Westphalia-Lippe dentists, Deutsche Hypo
GERMANY – Invesco Real Estate acquires Prague property on behalf of BVK.
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Germany's Patrizia creates country subsidiaries in reshuffle
GERMANY – Move comes in preparation for Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive.
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Towers Watson, Aon Hewitt urge EIOPA to drop market discount rate
EUROPE – Joint response by German consultancies allege EIOPA 'willfully damaging' European pensions.
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Germany to allow pension-asset pooling for first time
GERMANY – Consultants talk up potential for new investment vehicle after change in tax laws.
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Quantitative impact study for revised IORP Directive a 'complete failure'
EUROPE – German pension fund association VFPK says QIS contains 'grave technical mistakes'.
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German roundup: IVG, Cordea Savills, SEB
GERMANY – IVG acquires portfolio from investment fund on behalf of German pension scheme.
