European Investors News – Page 260
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Concerns raised as returns drive pensions diversity
GLOBAL - The argument for global diversification is becoming more compelling, but institutional investors are often simply investing according to total return expectations, say industry experts.
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Philips scheme dismantles real estate portfolio
NETHERLANDS – The besieged €14.6bn pension scheme of Dutch electronics major Philips has sold around 15% of its real estate holdings to Dutch real estate investment fund Vesteda.
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NAEV to cut direct real estate
GERMANY – The €8.5bn doctors’ fund Nordrheinische Ärzteversorgung (NAEV) will cut its direct real estate holdings in Germany in an overhaul of its property investments.
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Spikker leaves PGGM for ABP
NETHERLANDS - PGGM’s Hans Spikker is to join ABP at the end of 2007 as manager of its non-listed European real estate portfolio.
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Henderson names first German client relationship team
GERMANY – Sylvia Seeger has been named as the first German-language client relationship manager at Henderson’s German operations in Frankfurt.
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ATP to increase property allocation against inflation
DENMARK - ATP, the DKK438bn (€59bn) Danish Labour Market Supplementary pension fund, is to increase its property and infrastructure allocation to half of its inflation-protected portfolio.
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CEE ‘more stable than Europe elsewhere’
EUROPE - Central and Eastern Europe is not immune from the effects of the global credit crisis according to Eurohypo, despite claims the region is insulated from global shocks.
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Risk-conscious investors take the road to Berlin
GERMANY - Germany has overtaken France and the UK as the primary mature European target market for overseas and domestic real estate investors, according to research.
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Jelmoli ups ante in Swiss saga
EUROPE - In the latest round of an aggressive game of brinkmanship, Swiss retailer Jelmoli is to sue Delek for breach of contract after the London-listed Israeli property firm’s pulled out of a deal to acquire Jelmoli’s 88-property Swiss portfolio.
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Real estate sought through IPE-Quest mandate
SWITZERLAND – A search has been launched for an investment manager to look after a €10m European real estate mandate, using IPE Quest.
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Two in three funds eye real estate
NORDICS - Nearly two-thirds of pension funds in Norway, Sweden and Denmark intend to invest in non-listed real estate in the future, according to a survey by Lymos BV Real Estate Capital Advisors.
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ABP advised to sell Corio
NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension fund ABP should sell its 37% share in Corio to one of the developers circling the Dutch real estate firm, according to sector analysts.
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Pension fund JV acquires €200m office
GERMANY - A three-way German office partnership involving ABP and ATP Ejendomme, the real estate subsidiary of the €49.6bn Danish pension scheme, has invested almost a third of its target capital with the €200m acquisition of two nationwide portfolios.
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Brookfield expansion targets REITs
UNITED STATES - Brookfield Asset Management has moved into the REIT management business with the acquisition of KG Redding.
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Henderson shorts inside global real estate
EUROPE - Henderson Global Investors has launched a property equities fund with the capability to take long and short positions on real estate listed stocks.
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Duopoly to define logistics fund market
EUROPE - The European logistics market will diverge into ‘blockbuster’ and ‘niche’ funds, with specialist nous and tenant relationships determining asset managers’ survival in a shaken-out market, claims Peter Davies, fund director of the Goodman European Logistics Fund (GELF).
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Arizona State to take real estate over the border
UNITED STATES - Arizona State Retirement System has decided to open its real estate investment program to the international stage on both the private and public side.
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Reits design described as “wrong”
GLOBAL - European Reits are being formulated to appeal to the “wrong audience”, according to Europroperty Consulting.
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CEE pricing 'still a concern'
EUROPE - Central and Eastern Europe is still too overpriced to be worth investing in, despite greater differentiation between prime and secondary real estate pricing, according to Scottish Widows Investment Partnership’s head of property Malcolm Naish.
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French study suggests derivatives 'over-hyped'
EUROPE - European institutional investors have little appetite for property derivatives, despite claims from investment banks suggesting they offer an effective hedge against inflation, suggests academic research.
