European Investors News – Page 225
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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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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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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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Real estate remains sluggish compared with other asset classes - IPE survey
GLOBAL – The assets of the top 100 real estate investment managers fell by 4.1% – or some €44bn – to just over €1trn as at 31 December 2009 compared with a year earlier, according to the latest IP Real Estate investment managers survey, which will appear in the next ...
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Liquidity specialist Madison to set up shop in London
Madison International Realty, the US-based investment manager that specialises in injecting capital into existing real estate investments, is establishing an office in London and has hired former Lehman Brothers professional Sean Kelly-Rand.
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ÆRIUM targets France for first opportunistic strategy
FRANCE – ÆRIUM is seeking to raise €50-60m in third-party equity to invest in prime retail real estate opportunities in France.
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Apollo takes over Citi's global real estate funds platform
GLOBAL – Apollo Global Real Estate Management (AGRE) has completed its acquisition of City Property Investors (CPI), the real estate investment management group of Citigroup investment bank.
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UK real estate values to fall in 2011, offset by income returns, says Invista
UK – The recovery in capital values in the UK real estate market slowed to a crawl in October and is expected to see a reversal in fortunes over 2011.
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Solvency II will lead 75% of European insurers to revise property strategies
EUROPE – Close to three-quarters of European insurance companies will revise their real estate commitments as a result of incoming Solvency II regulations, according to data providers Preqin.
