All Real Assets articles in December 2010 (Online)
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NewsSeason's Greetings
IP Real Estate's news service is taking its annual Christmas break and will return on Thursday 6 January. We wish a merry Christmas and happy new year to all our readers!
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NewsInvestors should branch into developing economies - LaSalle
GLOBAL – Institutional investors looking to guarantee strong returns in 2011 cannot rely on portfolios consisting purely of cities in developed markets, LaSalle Investment Management has warned.
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NewsUK PPF appoints LaSalle, CB Richard Ellis to global real estate mandates
UK – The UK Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has appointed La Salle Investment Management and CBRE Investors to develop its global real estate strategy.
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NewsSwiss investor seeks exposure to Chinese market
IPE QUEST – A Swiss institutional investor is seeking to award a $500m (€367m) real estate mandate to managers specialising in the Chinese market, using IPE Quest.
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Virginia makes $150m commitment to CIM urban fund
GLOBAL - Virginia Retirement System has approved a $150m (€113.8m) commitment to the CIM VI Urban REIT Fund. Pension fund officials stated that this commitment will be funded over the next four and a half years.
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Virginia makes $150m commitment to CIM urban fund
GLOBAL - Virginia Retirement System has approved a $150m (€113.8m) commitment to the CIM VI Urban REIT Fund. Pension fund officials stated that this commitment will be funded over the next four and a half years.
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Westbrook injects pension fund capital into O Twelve
GLOBAL – Westbrook Partners has injected £35m (€41.2m) in capital from its latest global opportunity fund into UK listed real estate company O Twelve Estates.
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NewsAmplion buys Varma portfolio for Finnish institutions
FINLAND – Amplion Asset Management Oy has acquired a €100m real estate portfolio from Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company on behalf of a number of Finnish institutional investors.
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ING Clarion buys DC area apartment building for €90m
GLOBAL - ING Clarion Partners has paid $118.5m (€90.1m) to acquire the 300-unit Millennium at Metropolitan Park in Arlington, Virginia.
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NewsJP Morgan acquires its own London offices for more than €1bn
UK – Investment bank JP Morgan has taken ownership of 25 Bank Street in Canary Wharf, which will become its new European headquarters in 2012, and another London office housing its treasury and securities services division for close to £850m (€1.01bn).
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Thursday people roundup
GLOBAL – Valad, Asia Property Fund, SEGRO, Henderson Global Investors, Bouwfonds REIM, Urban Land Institute, UBS Global Asset Management, Scottish Widows Investment Partnership
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Thursday people roundup
GLOBAL – Valad, Asia Property Fund, SEGRO, Henderson Global Investors, Bouwfonds REIM, Urban Land Institute, UBS Global Asset Management, Scottish Widows Investment Partnership
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Thursday people roundup
GLOBAL – Valad, Asia Property Fund, SEGRO, Henderson Global Investors, Bouwfonds REIM, Urban Land Institute, UBS Global Asset Management, Scottish Widows Investment Partnership
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LACERA receives 28 responses to debt manager search
GLOBAL - Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association has received 28 responses to its search for real estate debt managers.
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Thursday people roundup
GLOBAL – Valad, Asia Property Fund, SEGRO, Henderson Global Investors, Bouwfonds REIM, Urban Land Institute, UBS Global Asset Management, Scottish Widows Investment Partnership
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Less than a third of funds report TER, INREV finds
EUROPE – Less than a third of European non-listed real estate funds report total expense ratios (TER) to their investors, according to industry body INREV.
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South Carolina Employees to establish real estate strategy
GLOBAL - South Carolina Retirement System is planning to establish its first formal real estate investment strategy.
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INREV: Positive capital growth returns to continental Europe
EUROPE – The European Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles (INREV) has measured positive capital growth across the continental European property markets for the first time since 2007.
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CalPERS combines property, infrastructure and forestry in allocation overhaul
UNITED STATES – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has placed real estate, infrastructure and forestry in a ‘real’ assets bucket as part of an overhaul of its asset allocation strategy.
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Two JPMorgan Asset Management funds in €657m London office deal
UK – JPMorgan Asset Management (JPMAM) has acquired Bishops Square in London for £557m (€657m) for two of its institutional funds, highlighting continued demand for prime real estate in the capital.
