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AnalysisAnalysis: The trouble with Germany's open-ended funds
GERMANY – The German government is doing its utmost to rescue the country's open-ended real estate funds from their current liquidity crisis and enable the sector to operate on a sustainable basis.
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F&C REIT raises €240m for German retail acquisitions
GERMANY – F&C REIT Asset Management in Germany is looking to invest as much as €240m in German retail properties having raised capital for a new real estate fund and a segregated account with a German pension fund.
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USS adds Savoy House to burgeoning UK portfolio
UK – The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has resumed its acquisition programme in the UK with the purchase of Savoy Court in the West End of London for £45.5m (€53.9m).
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Partners in first closing for real estate secondaries fund
GLOBAL – Partners Group has raised €750m for its first fund dedicated to acquiring stakes in existing real estate investments through the secondary market.
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IPF research shows UK property 'not an inflation hedge'
UK – Commercial real estate in the UK does not provide a hedge against inflation, according to research commissioned by the Investment Property Forum (IPF).
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Insurance companies creep into European real estate lending market
EUROPE – Insurance companies are beginning to enter the European real estate debt market, although it may take some time before they are as active as their counterparts in the US.
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EPRA urges property company exemption from derivatives regulations
EUROPE – The European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA) has urged the EU to prevent property companies from getting caught up in derivatives regulations designed to combat speculators.
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UK leads European real estate recovery, says CBRE
EUROPE – European real estate values continued to show improvement during the third quarter, particularly in core western Europe, according to CB Richard Ellis (CBRE).
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Investor tenders European private real estate mandate
IPE QUEST – An institutional investor is looking to commit €25m-50m to private real estate investments in Europe.
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New Jersey returns to real estate after two-year hiatus
GLOBAL – The New Jersey Division of Investment has made its first investment in real estate since June of 2008 with a $100m (€74.4m) allocation to the Lubert-Adler Real Estate Fund VI-B.
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German institutional investors seeking stability in core, core-plus
GERMANY – The majority of German institutional investors are employing a core or core-plus investment style for their indirect real estate portfolios and increasing risk management for those investments, according to a survey by kommalpha.
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PKA acquires €79m office, retail project in Copenhagen
DENMARK – Denmark's PKA has bought an office and retail construction project in the country's capital for DKK588m (€79m), with provisional leases already secured for around a quarter of units.
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Back on the up
Having significantly reduced its exposure to real estate in recent years, German pension fund WPV is in a position to make new investments. Managing director Hans-Wilhelm Korfmacher tells Richard Lowe how he wants to use the opportunity to invest in the Americas for the first time
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APG joint venture in €1bn Olympic retail venture
GLOBAL – A joint venture between Dutch pension fund manager APG and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has acquired retail real estate worth £870.5m (€1bn) on the East London 2012 Olympics site.
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Pension funds mop up Finnish property sale
EUROPE – Finnish pension funds Ilmarinen and Varma have mopped up shares in partly state-owned property firm Sponda following the sale by state investment firm Solidium Oy of shares worth €176m.
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ATP Real Estate calls for manager 'early-warning' system
EUROPE – At a panel discussion at this year's INREV CFO/COO conference in Copenhagen, speakers discussed how to balance the need for managers to communicate with investors at a time when they were also being asked to charge less for their services.
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Fee structures compared
Studies by INREV and PREA reveal significant differences in fee structures between European and US non-listed funds, as Lonneke Löwik reports
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UK investors to target Asia Pacific, says Aviva Investors
GLOBAL – Most UK investors are looking to increase their exposure to Asia Pacific real estate markets in the next three years, according to a survey conducted by Aviva Investors.
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Confidence returning?
Borrowing is easier, deal volumes are up and the diversity of funds launched is increasing. Even non-core is on the rise, as Christine Senior reports
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Core and debt
The economic prospects for Europe remain divergent, but it is now clear that fears over Greek solvency were overly alarmist. However, fiscal weakness in Greece, Ireland and Portugal in particular will continue to cast a cloud over the future of the Eurozone in its current form. Despite the original intentions ...
