European Investors News – Page 252
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EC pursues UK and Belgium over EPC status
EUROPE – The Belgian and UK governments are being taken to task by the European Commission for their failure to implement EU requirements stating how energy performance in buildings is measured.
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Norway appoints Partners Group for real estate advice
NORWAY – The Norwegian Ministry of Finance has appointed PartnersGroup to provide real estate consultancy services to the NOK 2.1trn(€265bn) Government Pension Fund - Global.
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New Jersey considers $350m for non-core
UNITED STATES - New Jersey Division of Investment is looking at placing $350m (€232m) into non-core real estate investments through commitments to six commingled funds.
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Chicago Teachers reviews 'emerging managers' status
UNITED STATES- Public School Teachers’ Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago is looking at investing $125m (€84.3m) this year, in international real estate and emerging managers, once the scheme has reviewed its definition of an ‘emerging manager’.
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Pension funds pull out of Equest
UK - The BBC Pension Trust, SAUL, BHS Pension Scheme and P&O Pension Scheme have sold their shareholdings in Jersey-based property investment firm Equest Partners.
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Fair value potential entices investors back to UK
EUROPE - Continental European property yields will follow the widening UK trend in 2008, “though not to the same extent”, according to Tony Horrell, CEO of European capital markets at Jones Lang LaSalle.
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Spanish spread boosts logistics
SPAIN - Spanish logistics markets are expanding as urban sectoral growth continues at above the national average, according to a Savills report on the country’s warehousing market.
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CalPERS approves €850m in real estate
UNITED STATES - California Public Employees Retirement System has allocation $859.8m (€587.9m) of new real estate investments in commingled funds containing a mixture of local and international real estate, and debt.
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SanFran Employees selects global REIT managers
UNITED STATES - San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System has selected European Investors and ING Clarion Real Estate Securities as its global Reit managers.
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UK pension funds look east for storage
UK - UK pension funds see continued traction in Central and Eastern European (CEE) logistics despite concerns over pricing in other segments of those markets.
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GIC acquires Finnish retail
FINLAND - GIC, the €145bn Singapore sovereign wealth fund, has acquired 40% of one of Finland’s largest shopping centres for €131.6m.
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Strapped UK investors are still shopping
UK/EUROPE - Investors are still confident in the UK shopping centre market despite a sharp drop in transaction values in the second half of 2007, according to a DTZ report.
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KBC Pensioenfonds shifts real estate for LDI
BELGIUM – KBC Pensioenfonds has significantly diversified its real estate allocation within the last eight months, in a bid to match the scheme's liability-driven investment (LDI) strategy.
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Mass PRIM expands REIT program
UNITED STATES - Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board has decided to expand its REIT investment program by increasing its allocation by 50%.
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Nevada PERS strengthens ‘all-cash’ core status
UNITED STATES - Nevada Public Employees Retirement System has decided to grow its real estate portfolio through the acquisition of core assets adopting all-cash purchases.
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NYSTRS buys $250m in fresh real estate
UNITED STATES - New York State Teachers Retirement System has added a mix of international, opportunistic and structured finance funds to its real estate portfolio totaling up to $250m (€171.1m).
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UK market 'has further to fall'
UK - HSBC analysts have claimed the UK market has further to fall, despite recent speculation it had already bottomed out following significant investment in UK property equities by GIC, the Singapore sovereign wealth fund.
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Hewitt urges caution on Irish property
IRELAND – Consultants have urged pension fund trustees to diversify away from Irish property in the medium term, despite property funds averaging 6.9% returns in 2007.
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Ireland returns 10% despite Q4 slide
IRELAND - Irish property returned just under 10% in 1007, despite dropping 2.3 percentage points to 1% in Q4, according to IPD data published last week.
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German 2nd tier delivers 7.5%
GERMANY - Investment in secondary German commercial is paying off, according to Swiss private equity investor Corestate Capital.
