European investors – Page 159
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Direct property investment, fund returns pick up in Q2 – IPD
GLOBAL – Funds show 8.2% net return for year ending June 2013, IPD says.
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Norwegian oil fund adds to US holdings with Manhattan office deal
GLOBAL – Government Pension Fund Global buys nearly half of 47-floor New York office block.
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PensionDanmark calls for socially responsible construction code
DENMARK – Danish pension fund initiating talks with big private, public contractors.
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AFIRE conference: Chinese insurers to follow 'landmark transaction'
GLOBAL – Goodwin Gaw claims regulators tacitly encouraging insurers to invest in real estate.
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PGGM to invest in offshore natural gas pipeline network
NETHERLANDS – Asset manager to take 33.2% stake in owner of Northern Offshore Gas Transport.
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Unipension extends responsible investment guidelines
DENMARK – Danish pension fund's guidelines to cover real estate, private equity.
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La Française, Forum enter into European partnership
GLOBAL – Asset managers aim to launch senior debt fund before end of this year.
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Norway urged against split of oil fund, standalone real estate vehicle
NORWAY – Conservative Party's proposal to split fund would 'jeopardise economies of scale'.
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Florida looks to expand international real estate
NORTH AMERICA – Pension fund thinking to set aside $200m for private real estate programme.
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Analysis
IFRS rules could boost real estate investment – academics
EUROPE – More than €186bn of real estate investment could flow into European stock markets.
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Public funding should not 'crowd out' private long-term capital – OECD
GLOBAL – Revised principles for long-term investing drop mention of prudent person principle.
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Research points to benefits of listed, non-listed portfolio mix
EUROPE – Mixed holdings produc 50% higher returns than those containing non-listed alone.
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Number of property companies managing sustainability risk soars
GLOBAL – All 543 companies surveyed by GRESB now perform sustainability risk assessments.
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EPRA opens Hong Kong office to attract Chinese capital
GLOBAL – Association expecting surge of capital into international property markets.
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UK needs independent infrastructure authority – report
UK – Body launched by UK opposition backs commission similar to design of Infrastructure Australia.
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Analysis
Exane BNP Paribas disputes correlation between real estate, Gilt yields
EUROPE – Rising rates 'not as big a worry for property markets as people think'.
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BP pension fund swaps retail parks with M&G for supermarket
UK – CEO says swap focuses property portfolio more on liability-matching holdings.
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APG hails mortgage bonds after government agrees guarantee
NETHERLANDS – 'New asset class' being created as alternative to government bonds, APG says.
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Cordea Savills, Warburg-Henderson launch real estate Spezialfonds
GERMANY – Cordea Savills collects €65m from German insurers in fund's first closing.
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Magazine
Time for paella and pizza?
Is it time for investors to give Spain and Italy serious consideration? Caroline Molette and Carol Hodgson investigate