All Europe articles – Page 416

  • Magazine

    Safe as Warehouses

    September 2007 (Magazine)

    A rapidly expanding sector, logistics offers a more secure investment and higher income return than more mainstream sectors. But there are concerns for investors, as Christine Senior reports

  • Further growth in store
    Magazine

    Further growth in store

    September 2007 (Magazine)

    The success of the European logistics sector is driving capital well beyond the continent’s prime locations, as Monika Bukowska reports

  • Take the high road
    Magazine

    Take the high road

    September 2007 (Magazine)

    With greater globalisation no sector is likely to be more affected by the drive to sustainability than logistics. Ljiljana Grubovic and Ali Nassiri report

  • News

    Irish pension fund sells retail stores

    2007-09-12T16:45:00Z

    IRELAND – The Irish Property Unit Trust is selling some of its retail investments in Cork and Limerick, as well as an office block in Dublin, to finance its stake in a new Cork retail property project.

  • News

    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.

  • News

    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).

  • News

    Futures present for listed property

    2007-09-10T16:00:00Z

    FRANCE - Launch of two European futures contracts on the Paris derivatives market will give investors “cost-effective, simple and efficient” exposure to listed property, according to Liffe, Euronext’s London-based derivatives business.

  • News

    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.

  • News

    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.

  • News

    ECP to extend retail centres

    2007-09-10T12:30:00Z

    EUROPE - The €2.2bn investor EuroCommercial Properties is increasingly focusing on extending its existing centres to improve its competitive position in a pressured property markets.

  • News

    US Colony seeks infrastructure with Challenger

    2007-09-10T12:00:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Australian-based Challenger Financial Services Group Limited has formed a strategic relationship with Los Angeles-based Colony Capital to invest in real estate and infrastructure in the US, Europe and Asia.

  • News

    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.

  • News

    UK schemes wake up to residential

    2007-09-03T17:00:00Z

    UK - UK pension funds need to catch up with their continental counterparts and ditch outmoded perceptions of domestic residential, according to Quinton Hill-Lines, managing director of fund management at Grainger.

  • News

    Corio to divest office and industrial portfolios

    2007-09-03T17:00:00Z

    EUROPE - The €6bn property investment company Corio has decided to explore the divestment of a major part of its offices and industrial portfolios, and to further focus on its retail activities.

  • News

    Closed-end real estate feels UK pricing pressure

    2007-09-03T17:00:00Z

    UK – Investment trust managers predict UK investors will increasingly turn to overseas real estate to seek diversification in a weakening domestic market.

  • News

    Carrefour to spin off property

    2007-09-03T17:00:00Z

    FRANCE - French retailer Carrefour is to offer 20% of its €24bn property portfolio to “strategic institutional real estate partners” and other investors, including pension funds.

  • News

    EU institutions drive Brussels boost

    2007-09-03T17:00:00Z

    BELGIUM - Brussels is the new Berlin, International Real Estate (IRE) indicated when it announced a sharper focus on value-added opportunities in Brussels real estate.

  • News

    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.

  • News

    Unibail-Rodamco prepares post-merger management

    2007-08-27T17:00:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - Unibail-Rodamco is almost ready to announce its top 50 management structure as its integration efforts are now on track, the €23.9bn property investor has said.

  • News

    Milan buys flags future for Euro-office

    2007-08-27T17:00:00Z

    ITALY - Segro, the serviced office firm, has acquired a Milan business park for €84.5m from fund manager Europa Capital Partners – a beachhead in a market segment known for the difficulty of cross-border investment.