All articles by Carolyn Bandel – Page 2
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European property continues the climb
EUROPE – Property performances throughout Europe saw another year of growth in 2006, the third year in a row according to the Pan-European property index calculated by Investment Property Databank (IPD). The index, covering property asse...
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Regulators probe Dutch institutional real estate
NETHERLANDS – Dutch regulators are probing institutional investors’ real estate investment activities to detect corruption. The moves come from the central bank, the DNB, and market regulator the Financial Markets Authority (AFM). F...
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Dutch Butchers asked to chop real estate
REAL ESTATE – The Dutch €1.1bn industrywide butchers’ pension fund has clashed with pension regulator De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) over demands to cut the scheme’s real estate holdings. The fund has long allocated a large pa...
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Dutch SPF to put €75m into nursery sector
NETHERLANDS - SPF Beheer, the manager of the €11.8bn railway fund SPF fund and the €2.3bn Dutch public transport workers' pensions fund SPOV, says it will invest €75m in real estate in the nursery sector. "We want to invest ...
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Irish reserve fund’s real estate chief departs
REAL ESTATE - Ian Gleeson, head of property at Ireland’s €18.8bn National Pensions Reserve Fund, is to join Morley Fund Management. It was not immediately clear what the departure would mean for the NPRF’s target of allocating 8%...
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Savills launches cross border valuation team
REAL ESTATE – Property services company Savills has launched a cross border European valuation team to be based at its London offices. William Newsom, head of valuation, told IPE that the new team, for which he recruited new directors Collie...
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Sweden’s Alecta buys Dutch distributon centre
REAL ESTATE – The €44bn Swedish occupational pensions mutual Alecta has bought a Dutch, Venlo-based distribution centre for nearly €11m. Real estate investment company Arlington, which has bought the complex for Alecta, said that...
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ING announces close of CEE property fund
REAL ESTATE – ING Real Estate Investment Management has closed the ING Property Fund Central and Eastern Europe, the firm announced today.
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MEPs’ fund goes into real estate
REAL ESTATE - The €190m (£127.85m) Members of European Parliament Pension Fund is moving away from bonds in favour of euro-zone property to increase the diversification within its portfolio. The news was first announced in a press relea...
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Sharia’a compliant real estate fund launched
REAL ESTATE – A new Sharia’a-compliant real estate fund has been launched by the European Islamic Investment Bank. Knight Frank Investment Management will source real estate deals on behalf of the EIIB Pan-European Islamic Real Estate...
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Belgium in €500m real estate sell-off
REAL ESTATE – The Belgian federal state is selling off government property, among which some historic buildings, to balance this year’s budget showing a €500m gap. In a notice of sale the Belgian Federal State today announced tha...
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USS buys into Bulgarian real estate developer
REAL ESTATE – The £26bn (€38.5bn) Universities Superannuation Scheme, the pension fund for university staff, has made a move to increase it Eastern European real estate holdings. In an announcement Bulgarian Land Development Plc, ...
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CSAM buys Amsterdam office complex
REAL ESTATE – Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) has bought an Amsterdam office complex for €174m (£117.27m) from ING Real Estate, which had the building on a long-term lease. ING announced Credit Suisse has bought the complex ...
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New board at Bouwfonds
NETHERLANDS – Rabobank is replacing the board members of the Bouwfonds property development, which it is about to acquire from ABN Amro for €845m. Rabo, which expects to complete the deal with ABN Amro on December 1, said that the fund...
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ABP’s new HK office to focus on real estate
REAL ESTATE – Dutch pension giant ABP, at €201bn Europe’s largest pension fund, has announced a launch date and the key executives for its new Hong Kong office – revealing a real estate focus for the new office. By January ...
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Aareal in German residential move
REAL ESTATE – Aareal Asset Management has acquired a substantial residential portfolio for the Aareal German Residential Fund. The portfolio, comprising of about 1,400 units, was sold by a subsidiary of German insurer Allianz Group, represe...
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US commercial real estate ‘set for 2007 decline’
REAL ESTATE - The peaking US real estate cycle will start declining from 2007, forcing investors to rethink, according to a study by research group the Urban Land Institute and PricewaterhouseCoopers. The new trend will see investors turning to a...
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Jones Lang LaSalle argues case for commercial
REAL ESTATE - Alistair Hughes, chief executive officer for Europe at real estate specialist Jones Lang LaSalle, argues that commercial property is an important mid-term investment for institutional investors. Speaking at the FT commercial property...
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Nieuwe Steen divests residential portfolio
NETHERLANDS – Dutch real estate fund Nieuwe Steen Investments (NSI) will sell its entire residential housing portfolio worth €134m.
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Irish reserve fund puts €44m into property
IRELAND – Ireland’s National Pensions Reserve Fund is to invest £30m (€44m) in specialist property fund The Mall as part of its €135m commitment to real estate.
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