Europe – Page 467
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MagazineRaise your game
A recent corporate governance study by the European Public Real Estate Association uncovered wide variances in standards, as Steve Hays reports
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MagazineBetter times ahead
As structures are refined and markets improve, UK, Italian and German REIT prospects look brighter, say Paul van der Vaart and Luke Powell
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Ohio PERS sees value of European capital
UNITED STATES - Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) has made $75m (€48.3m) commitments to Carlyle Europe Realty Partners III and Blackstone Real Estate Partners Europe Fund III.
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The weight of capital attracted by fast economic growth has forced down yields across the region, but there is debate as to whether the change in market sentiment will reverse the trend.
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MagazineWhere do you live?
Resilient and highly diversified, but also management intensive and with a reputational risk, pension fund attitudes to residential housing vary worldwide.
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MagazineUnderweight strength
Long-term investors ensure sustained, robust demand for German residential but investment volume will be well down on last year.
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MagazineExamine the business model
Tenant privatisation has fallen short of expectations, so how do we meet healthy demand for German residential?
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Investors pull back from emerging markets
GLOBAL - Investors are pulling back from emerging markets as the credit crunch dents both global transaction volumes and occupancy.
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Vietnam gains ground in global rent rise
VIETNAM - Ho Chi Minh City has seen the world’s fastest office rent rises in the 12 months to March, with occupancy costs rising 94%, according to CBRE’s Global Market Rents survey.
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Germans abandon bricks for unlisted funds
GERMANY - Cross-border investment in German real estate is pushing German pension fund investors to abandon bricks and mortar for unlisted funds, according to INREV.
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Smaller funds need to be more active - NAEV
EUROPE – Smaller pension funds may need to be more active in their handling of real estate assets than larger pension funds, suggests evidence presented at the recent IPE Real Estate Forum.
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Dutch transport funds team up to buy real estate
NETHERLANDS – The €12bn Dutch railway pension fund (SPF) and the €2bn public transport pension fund (SPOV) have, together with Generali Real Estate, bought an €80m Dutch shopping centre project.
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Subprime crisis 'took heat out of CEE'
VIENNA/CEE – The impact of the subprime crisis on stock markets helped reduce overpricing and overheating in the Central and Eastern European real estate markets, delegates at the Vienna Real have agreed.
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Finnish fund in quest for UK real estate
FINLAND – A Finnish pension fund is looking for managers for a £150m (€189.5m) UK real estate mandate, using IPE Quest.
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Investors 'should target ports'
EUROPEAN - Location, and not the growing differential between prime and secondary assets, is driving pricing in European logistics, according to a report published by Jones Lang LaSalle.
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UK 'real values' yet to see full impact
UK - The UK property market is approaching fair value, but it has yet to face the fall-out from an economic downturn, according to British Land CEO Stephen Hester.
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Russia to weather credit crisis
EUROPE - Moody’s last week issued an 18-month ‘negative’ rating for European real estate, blaming “fundamental credit conditions” – but claimed Russia would continue to offer value for investors.
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Corio expects equalled 2008 result
NETHERLANDS - Property investor Corio expects its 2008 results to be in line with last year’s return, after announcing its 2007 performance gained 2.7% to over €203m.
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San Francisco reduces real estate flow by $550m
UNITED STATES - City and County of San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System has reduced significantly the amount of capital it is investing in real estate for the 2008/2009 fiscal year.
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Outgoing Clwyd adviser rewarded for real estate success
EUROPE – Clwyd pension fund’s independent adviser is leaving his role on a high note next month as the Welsh local authority fund was crowned the king of IPE Real Estate’s Awards in Berlin yesterday, winning four awards including Best European Institutional Investor.
