Capital Raising News – Page 208
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Ohio School Employees commits to office fund
UNITED STATES - School Employees Retirement System of Ohio has approved a commitment of $50m (€32.1m) into the Beacon Capital Strategic Partners VI commingled fund.
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Contra Costa County sees a debt opportunity
UNITED STATES- Contra Costa County Employees’ Retirement Association has approved a $75m (€48.6m) commitment into the ING Clarion Debt Opportunity Fund II – its first investment in a debt fund focused on real estate.
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PBGC eyes move into real estate
UNITED STATES – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is looking at investing in real estate for the first time and is therefore seeking strategic partnerships so it may allocate up to $2.5bn (€1.6bn) in the sector.
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European focus shifts to air and rail operators
EUROPE – Infrastructure asset managers say new investment opportunities could be emerging for institutional investors as a flurry of new deals are expected to come to the market in the management of air and rail operators.
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Pension fund capital goes green
UNITED STATES – Pension funds in the United States are looking to make their real estate portfolios ‘greener’ so ING Clarion Partners has rolled out a sustainable growth initiative and its first investor is Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions.
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Los Angeles City places capital into debt fund
UNITED STATES - Los Angeles City Employees Retirement System has made a $20m (€12.7m) to the Mesa West Real Estate Income Fund II, in a bid to capitalise on the supply and demand financing opportunities in the mid-size segment of the marketplace.
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Pennsylvania State moves capital into distressed fund
UNITED STATES - Pennsylvania State Employees Retirement System has approved a $15m (€9.5m) into Arden Real Estate Fund I - a distressed real estate fund.
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ING Clarion closes in on value-added space
UNITED STATES - ING Clarion Partners continues with its value-added strategy for some of its capital sources with the closing of $166m (€105.4m) worth of transactions.
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LPFA commits to ING’s global real estate FoF
UK - The London Pension Fund Authority has committed £150m (€190m) of capital to a new global property fund of funds (FoF) launched this week by ING Real Estate Select.
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Consortium completes German HighStreet purchase
GERMANY – A consortium comprising of RREEF Alternative Investments, the Borletti Group, the Generali Group, and Pirelli RE today announced it has completed the acquisition of a 49% stake in “Highstreet”, the investment company owning the majority of Karstadt’s German department store premises.
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F&C merges to expand
GLOBAL - Investors in fund manager F&C have backed a deal with property firm REIT that will give the UK-focused fund manager exposure to continental Europe and the nascent Indian market.
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Small pension funds re-enter property
UNITED STATES - Several smaller pension funds in the United States are thought to be looking to re-enter the real estate asset class, in a bid to diversify their portfolios.
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Rothschild raises $840m for new commingled fund
UNITED STATES - Rothschild Realty Managers has smashed its intended target for capital raising on its Five Arrows Realty Securities V commingled fund and collected $840m (€530m) through institional investors - $240m more than originally sought.
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Germans top poll of European property optimism
GERMANY - German investors have topped a three-market poll of European investor sentiment.
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Choose carefully, says SEB, after UK re-entry
UK/GERMANY - Investors are investing cautiously in UK logistics as they wait for the market to fall further, according to SEB, the German fund management arm of the Swedish bank.
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German firms hide risk in partial disclosure
GERMANY - Two-thirds of listed German property companies are more opaque – and therefore riskier – than their reports suggests.
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ING hires despite talent shortage
NETHERLANDS/ASIA - ING has appointed a regional veteran to head its Asian fund management operations against growing international competition for regional talent.
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US pension funds still interested in value-added real estate
UNITED STATES - Apollo Real Estate Advisors was able to reach its capital raising target for its latest commingled fund, Apollo Value Enhancement Fund VII.
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Ohio School Employees real estate commitment unchanged
UNITED STATES - The School Employees Retirement System of Ohio plans to invest $100m (€62.9m) to $150m in real estate over the next 12 months. This is roughly the same amount that was planned for fiscal year 2008. This allocation is part of the pension fund’s annual investment plan for ...
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SWFs avoid infrastructure, opt for funds
GLOBAL - Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) will shy away from direct investment in global infrastructure to avoid allegations of ‘political’ investment, according to analysts at the McKinsey Global Institute, an economics thinktank.
