Europe – Page 481

  • News

    Protego taps Almquist to head Nordic growth

    2007-08-27T17:00:00Z

    SWEDEN - Protego Real Estate Investors has revealed it is expanding into the Nordic market with the appointment of Lars Almquist to head its new Stockholm office.

  • News

    Schroder hires ABP’s Bingen

    2007-08-27T17:00:00Z

    EUROPE - Former ABP portfolio manager Rob Bingen will join Schroder Property in October as head of its €2.2bn European property multi-manager operation.

  • News

    CalPERS considers major real estate emigration

    2007-08-21T17:31:00Z

    UNITED STATES – The California Public Employees Retirement System is thinking of expanding overseas and moving its international real estate allocation from its current 20% level to a 50% weighting.

  • News

    Morley set for European growth

    2007-08-21T17:29:00Z

    EUROPE – Morley is looking to boost its business in Europe further with 'more people on the ground' and a potential eastward expansion of its property business.

  • News

    Neste scheme may invest abroad

    2007-08-21T17:27:00Z

    FINLAND - The Finnish Neste Oil pension fund said it is considering investing outside its domestic property market as it looks towards completion of three new buildings in Keilaniemi, Espoo, to house its sponsor.

  • News

    Brussels yields remaining deals

    2007-08-21T17:23:00Z

    BELGIUM - ING Real Estate has entered the Brussels office market with the €22m acquisition of two recently refurbished and fully-let prime office buildings.

  • News

    'Strategic' greenfields tap into residential potential

    2007-08-21T17:00:00Z

    UK – Pension funds seeking slightly higher returns on real estate portfolios are being encouraged to turn their attention to ‘strategic land’ investments in greenfield developments.

  • Magazine

    Something for everyone

    July 2007 (Magazine)

    Recent fund launches suggest that if fund managers are running out of big ideas, they aren't short of big ambitions

  • Don’t invest for the sake of investing
    Magazine

    Don’t invest for the sake of investing

    July 2007 (Magazine)

    Founded in 1990, Austrian multi-employer pension fund APK today has €2.6bn in assets under management. Investment in real estate is driven by opportunity rather than allocation, as APK’s head of investments, Günther Schiendl, explains to Martin Hurst

  • Opportunity in diversity
    Magazine

    Opportunity in diversity

    July 2007 (Magazine)

    Kate Medlicott suggests some top city destinations for this summer in the eclectic world of European commercial real estate

  • First brave steps
    Magazine

    First brave steps

    July 2007 (Magazine)

    Growing supply pressures in the domestic market are forcing home-loving Swiss pension funds to venture abroad, but the learning curve will be steep. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports

  • Residential rethink required
    Magazine

    Residential rethink required

    July 2007 (Magazine)

    Current regulations and a keen local property ownership culture are holding back Spanish institutional investment in real estate, as Adrienne Margolis reports

  • Embracing the wider world
    Magazine

    Embracing the wider world

    July 2007 (Magazine)

    Portugal’s institutional investors have long been content to invest domestically because of strong returns. Now things are changing, as Adrienne Margolis reports

  • Move right in
    Magazine

    Move right in

    July 2007 (Magazine)

    A patchy market, major project delays and market fragmentation do little to reassure potential investors about serviced office.

  • Europe’s rising giant: Istanbul
    Magazine

    Europe’s rising giant: Istanbul

    July 2007 (Magazine)

    Exciting demographics have propelled Turkey up the league of investment appeal in spite of a shortage of stock and nagging political uncertainties, as Paul Strohm discovers

  • Retail delight
    Magazine

    Retail delight

    July 2007 (Magazine)

    Neville Moss looks at the emerging shopping centre market in Istanbul where exceptional fundamentals present a solid long-term outlook

  • Take a step back
    Magazine

    Take a step back

    July 2007 (Magazine)

    Germany’s impressive economic outlook bodes well for investment in its real estate market, but investors need to consider the options carefully, as Jan Wagner reports

  • Magazine

    Driving the common interest

    July 2007 (Magazine)

    Founded in 2004, the Pan European Property Common Interest Group (PEPCIG), whose membership comprises senior property researchers from about 50 organisations across Europe

  • Going with the flow
    Magazine

    Going with the flow

    July 2007 (Magazine)

    Over the last three years the German real estate sector has grown closer than ever to the capital markets and the trend is set to continue, as Claudio Lagemann reports

  • Home advantage
    Magazine

    Home advantage

    July 2007 (Magazine)

    Despite its initial aim to encourage foreign investment the German government’s new tax legislation now appears to discriminate against foreign funds investing in Germany, as Uwe Stoschek, Sven Behrends and Christina Foth explain