European investors – Page 177

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Risk appetite growing among institutional real estate investors

2013-01-24T15:15:00Z

EUROPE – INREV Investment Intentions survey shows 43% of investors prefer value-added.
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Construction-risk guarantees for infrastructure 'damaging'

2013-01-24T15:00:00Z

EUROPE – Blanket guarantees on debt financing simply create taxpayer liabilities, EDHEC says.
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German investors keen to increase risk, but wary of Solvency II

2013-01-24T15:00:00Z

GERMANY – BVI says investors keen to boost equity exposure 'put off' by upcoming legislation.
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US pension funds back bespoke UK sale-and-leaseback deal

2013-01-22T16:00:00Z

GLOBAL – Consortium agrees £700m sale-and-leaseback deal to refinance 12 hospitals.
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Allianz downplays construction risk in £1bn infrastructure fund

2013-01-22T15:45:00Z

UK – Fund to invest in greenfield sites to develop hospitals, schools and roads.
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APG acquires stake in £350m UK residential property portfolio

2013-01-22T15:15:00Z

EUROPE – Partnership with UK’s Grainger is asset manager’s first stake in UK residential.
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Pension funds withdraw claim against Henderson Global Investors

2013-01-18T17:30:00Z

UK – Schemes agree to withdraw claim in return for payment by Henderson of legal costs to date.
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Spain, Ireland praised for efforts to recapitalise property sectors

2013-01-18T16:30:00Z

EUROPE – EPRA says REITs seens as most effective, transparent ways of recapitalising sectors.
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German cities offer 'most attractive' real estate investment prospects

2013-01-18T16:00:00Z

EUROPE – European investors continue to favour safe-haven locations for real estate.
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Economics, not bricks and mortar, key to fund manager survival

2013-01-18T11:30:00Z

EUROPE – Managers who neglect economic trends to focus on property specifics 'will not survive'.
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Investors reject construction risk as watchdog warns of lender pullout

2013-01-18T11:00:00Z

EUROPE – UK parliamentary committee threatens changes to licensing regime.
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Continuing euro-zone crisis boosts real estate investor sentiment

2013-01-17T17:00:00Z

EUROPE – More than 80% of Ernst & Young survey respondents expect deal volume to increase.
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German investors pull out of solar funds, shift into wind

2013-01-17T16:15:00Z

GERMANY – Ratings agency Scope cites increasing competition, uncertainty in Southern Europe.
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Warburg-Henderson converts GOEF into Spezialfonds

2013-01-15T16:45:00Z

GERMANY – German-UK real estate venture uses re-developed properties to start new fund.
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NEST tenders UK, global real estate mandates

2013-01-15T12:45:00Z

UK – DC fund currently has limited real estate exposure as part of diversified beta portfolio.
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UK parliamentary report criticises pension fund wind farm 'oligopoly'

2013-01-15T11:30:00Z

EUROPE – Parliamentary public accounts committee demands profit redistribution.
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Retail property in top locations 'immune' to market distortions

2013-01-11T17:00:00Z

EUROPE – Long-term study highlights resilience of high-end retail real estate.
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Growth of real estate Spezialfonds hit by uncertainty over AIFMD

2013-01-11T16:30:00Z

GERMANY – Schroder Property says heated debate over directive scared institutions off funds.
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LACERA to launch manager search, earmarks $100m for INVESCO fund

2013-01-11T15:45:00Z

NORTH AMERICA – Los Angeles pension fund to allocate $200m for each manager hired.
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M&G fund enters residential with Genesis sale-and-leaseback

2013-01-10T15:30:00Z

UK – M&G Secured Property Income Fund acquires large London development with 35-year lease.