European Investors News – Page 254
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UK shopping centre investors and developers stall
UK - Investors are holding off from acquisitions in the UK as shopping centre developments stall amid a funding crisis, according to two specialists at property consultancy Savills.
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Pricing and rents repeal increase Poland’s appeal
POLAND - Upward-moving rents and “rational” pricing are boosting the acquisition appeal of Polish property assets, according to James Rushworth, European property director at Standard Life Investments.
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Q1 hike in UK derivatives trading
UK - The value of trading in UK property derivatives doubled to £3.7bn (€4.5bn) in Q1 2008 as investors increased their use of swaps to hedge exposure to real estate, according to figures from the IPD UK All-Property index.
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ABP-owned firm sells office portfolio
EUROPE - Corio, the Dutch property firm 37%-owned by the €220bn ABP pension fund, has sold its Dutch office portfolio for €650m - 1.5% below book value.
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Aberdeen buys real estate rival Goodman for £109m
GLOBAL – Aberdeen Asset Management’s real estate subsidiary Aberdeen Property Investors has snapped up a deal to buy its rival Goodman Property Investors for £109m (€140m).
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ATP buys a harbour view
DENMARK - ATP Real Estate, the property arm of Denmark’s DKK350bn (bn) labour market supplementary fund, is investing DKK700m in a “ground-breaking” office block development in Copenhagen’s harbour area.
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Morgan Stanley brings $2.5bn to Special Sits III
UNITED STATES - Morgan Stanley Real Estate has attracted $2.5bn (€1.6bn euros) of institutional capital for the latest round of fund raising for Special Situations Fund III.
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Pramerica creates UK senior housing vehicle
UNITED STATES - Pramerica Real Estate Investors has setup a new co-investment entity to invest in senior housing in the United Kingdom, to sit alongside its PRECO III commingled fund.
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Indiana PERF moves $150m into real estate
UNITED STATES - Indiana Public Employees Retirement Fund has approved commitments totaling $150m (€
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Swiss property exposure hits all-time high
SWITZERLAND– Swiss pension funds increased their average real estate allocation by 1.48 percentage points to a new record high of 17.2% over the lastquarter, despite the continuing financial crisis, the Credit SuissePensionskassenindex shows.
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INREV follows for the fashion for style
EUROPE – INREV, the European Association for investors in non-listed real estate funds, has introduced a ‘style’ index to help pension funds and institutional investors can benchmark their funds by investment style.
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Real estate sector pressed to embrace 'professionalisation'
GLOBAL – Fund managers in the real estate investment market will face increasing calls for the transparency, standardisation and ‘beta-matching’ lower fees which investors now expect in other asset classes, speakers at the INREV annual conference have suggested.
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GE RE deal shows debt still in the black
EUROPE - GE Real Estate’s acquisition of European commercial property loans worth €1.27bn indicates a resurgence of property debt as an investible asset class, according to sources close to the firm.
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Venture with SWF shows debt still in the black
UK/MIDDLE EAST – An Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund (SWF) is to pump £200m (€250m) into London & Stamford via a seven-year joint venture aimed at building a war chest for UK acquisitions.
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Investor interest lifts non-core Rockpoint to $2.5bn
UNITED STATES - Rockpoint Group LLC has attracted $2.51bn (€1.58bn) of equity for its latest commingled fund, Rockpoint Real Estate fund III but says the sum could have been larger on the back of investor demand.
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European property returns hit by currency pressure
EUROPE – Unlisted European real estate funds saw a negative return on their investments of –3.9% in 2007, driven by the very poor performance of the UK property market as well as currency conversion pressures attached to the dollar and euro.
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FSP outsources residential admin
DENMARK - Finanssektorens Pensionskasse, the Danish pension scheme for financial sector workers, has outsourced the administration of its Danish residential properties and leases to Dan-Ejendomme.
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UK calls in green experts as EC targets shoppers
UK - The UK government is to examine existing buildings as part of a 'greening' agenda dominated to date by concerns over new-build standards.
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European retail needs 'further distinction'
EUROPE - Investors need to replace the distinction between Western and Eastern European real estate markets with one between mature and maturing Europe, ING Real Estate Development CEO Menno Maas said last week.
