All Real Assets articles in December 2005 (Online) – Page 2

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    Schroders global property fund set to open

    2005-12-05T00:00:00Z

    UK - Schroders’ Global Property Securities Fund will be opened to investors on December 9. As its name suggests, it will be seeking to reward investors by investing in listed property companies and real estate investment trusts (REITs) in Asia,...

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    Ex-ATP team at Sparinvest in fund launch

    2005-12-05T00:00:00Z

    DENMARK - Kresten Dahl Juelner and Mads Rude’s move from the real estate department of pension fund ATP to Sparinvest Property Investors is about to bear fruit for the boutique investment manager. The partners will soon announce the first cl...

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    Morgan Stanley in joint venture with Lane Co.

    2005-12-05T00:00:00Z

    US - Morgan Stanley Real Estate and property outfit The Lane Company have come together to establish a joint venture to invest in residential property. Equity of $150 million has been put into the venture. The amount of leverage will be in the bal...

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    London Merchant to demerge investment arm

    2005-12-05T00:00:00Z

    UK – James Wilson, managing director at US private equity firm Boston Ventures, is to head the spun-off investment arm of developer London Merchant Securities. LMS said it plans to demerge its investment division – Investco – fro...

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    Capri sells apartment portfolio

    2005-12-05T00:00:00Z

    US - Capri Capital Advisors has put a US-based apartment portfolio up for sale comprised of more than 1,700 units. No price has been set as the seller is going to let the market dictate it. The portfolio currently lies in an apartment commingled ...

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    Pan-European PREFF now 65% invested

    2005-12-05T00:00:00Z

    EUROPE – The Pan-European Real Estate Fund of Funds is now 65% invested and still open for UK institutions, says investment adviser OPC, Oxford Property Consultants. OPC said the euro-denominated PREFF is the first core/core-plus real estate...

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    Rockpoint closes $1.7bn fund

    2005-12-05T00:00:00Z

    GLOBAL - Rockpoint Group says it has closed its third discretionary real estate fund with $1.7bn (€1.4bn) in commitments. The Rockpoint Real Estate Fund II’ investors include large US public and corporate pension funds and endowments, ...