Capital Raising News – Page 198

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    US pension fund capital flows to Europe

    2007-09-27T17:50:00Z

    UNITED STATES - A significant amount of pension fund capital in the United States is still moving towards Europe as California State Teachers Retirement System and Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association made new investments.

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    Thomas Properties goes green

    2007-09-27T17:20:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Thomas Properties Group has formed its first green investment fund as pension funds are now turning their attentions to sustainable real estate investments.

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    US pension funds buy opportunity

    2007-09-24T16:35:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Pension funds in the United States are investing more capital into commingled funds with opportunistic investment strategies.

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    Pension funds fuel urban investment trend

    2007-09-21T17:05:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Pension funds in the United States are putting more capital into an urban investment strategy on the back of young professionals’ demand.

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    Land investment is the new real estate

    2007-09-21T16:15:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Real estate managers are investing in land as a new specialist investment strategy.

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    Investors turn to active management

    2007-09-17T16:15:00Z

    EUROPE - Investors will increasingly opt for active management as “indiscriminate yield compression” in Europe ends, according to Aberdeen Property Investors.

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    San Bernardino eyes structured finance over Asia

    2007-09-17T13:00:00Z

    UNITED STATES - San Bernardino County Employees’ Retirement Association has expanded its real estate investment program to the Asian markets for the first time by investing $40m (€28.9m) in two commingled funds but is now turning attention to the structured finance sector.

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    Montana State grows international focus

    2007-09-17T12:30:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Montana State Board of Investment has increased its exposure to international real estate with committing capital to two new commingled funds.

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    Sacramento County eyes REITs and value-added

    2007-09-14T13:00:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Sacramento County Employees Retirement System is expected to discuss two additional real estate investment strategies at its board meeting in October which could see the fund invest a further $125m (€90.6m).

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    McGuire swaps Edinburgh for London

    2007-09-11T17:45:00Z

    UK – AXA Real Estate Investment Managers has persuaded Standard Life Investment’s Martin McGuire to leave his property remit at the life office and head up one of its core-plus propositions.

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    Pension funds give euro focus to Goodman

    2007-09-11T17:00:00Z

    EUROPE – Asset management firm Goodman Property Investors has picked up a series of new European real estate mandates from pension funds in recent months, the latest of which is from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).

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    Finland remains 'Nordic property capital'

    2007-09-10T16:00:00Z

    FINLAND - Finnish real estate still offers pension funds credible property investment opportunities despite the small size of the market, according to Aberdeen fund manager Pertti Verhanen.

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    Lothian pension tenders its real estate

    2007-09-10T15:00:00Z

    UK – Lothian pension fund is reviewing its real estate investment manager and searching for a firm to handle the fund’s asset allocation.

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    US pensions follow Mexican residential trail

    2007-09-10T13:00:00Z

    UNITED STATES - More pension fund capital is being ploughed into the Mexican real estate market and heading for retail and ‘single family home’ developments, according to property investment firm ING Clarion.

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    Indiana State seeks overseas opportunities

    2007-09-10T11:00:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Indiana State Teachers Retirement System will be looking at investing around $200m (€147m) into a new real estate strategy that will include international and opportunistic investments.

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    North Dakota State shifts core capital to value-added

    2007-09-03T17:00:00Z

    UNITED STATES - North Dakota State Investment Board has decided to move a portion of its capital originally invested in core real estate and move it into the value-added real estate bucket.

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    San Joaquin County considers real estate rise

    2007-09-03T17:00:00Z

    UNITED STATES - San Joaquin County Employees’ Retirement Association is thinking of increasing its exposure to real estate to as much as a tenth of its assets.

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    CalPERS and MacFarlane bet big on the capitol

    2007-09-03T17:00:00Z

    UNITED STATES - California Public Employees Retirement System and MacFarlane Partners have formed a venture which could build a real estate portfolio worth $10bn (€7.3bn) in the greater Washington DC region.

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    ABP to sell office fund KFN

    2007-09-03T17:00:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - The €211bn civil service scheme ABP is considering selling at least part of its offices investment fund KFN, in order to further diversify its overall portfolio.

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    TIAA-CREF sales push draws Alaska hire

    2007-08-27T17:00:00Z

    UNITED STATES - TIAA-CREF Asset Management has signaled plans for a major institutional business drive with the expansion of its sales team and three key appointments.