European investors – Page 230

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Germany more attractive than UK, capital raising improves – INREV

2011-01-27T12:30:00Z

Country overtakes UK as the preferred location for investment in non-listed real estate.
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Rockspring sets up Amsterdam base, targets Dutch retail

2011-01-27T12:15:00Z

Appoints Laurien Van Wieringen to head up first operation in the Netherlands.
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Specialist funds outperform UK market in 2010 – IPD

2011-01-27T11:30:00Z

Returned 18.8% in 2010, outperforming rest of the market by 400 basis points.
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'Diversification threshold' for Europe is seven, says Invesco Real Estate

2011-01-24T15:45:00Z

EUROPE – Having more than seven markets in a pan-European portfolio will not bring additional diversification, according Robert Stolfo, director of business development at Invesco Real Estate.
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Real estate risk profile 'more important' than geography

2011-01-24T15:30:00Z

Geography will cease to be the main factor of real estate funds in the future, an online audience was told during IP Real Estate's latest webcast.
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APG puts weight behind Philippines property developer

2011-01-24T14:00:00Z

GLOBAL – The €266bn Dutch pension asset manager APG has invested P2.25bn (€37.2m) in a Philippines real estate developer.
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Savills highlights opportunity in Brussels leasing market

2011-01-20T15:30:00Z

BRUSSELS – Investors should target Belgian real estate investments with three to five-year lease maturities, according to Savills.
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UK posts double-digit returns, Japan continues to fall – IPD

2011-01-20T15:00:00Z

GLOBAL – The commercial real estate market in the UK recorded the strongest returns for four years in 2010, while the market in Japan continues to suffer after two and half years of falling capital values, according to the latest data from Investment Property Databank (IPD).
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Global real estate investment surges by more than 50%

2011-01-20T12:45:00Z

GLOBAL – Global real estate investment activity recovered to pre-crisis levels at the end of last year, and Europe and the US have seen the strongest rebounds, according to the latest figures.
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ING REIM confirms sale talks, CBRE tipped as front-runner

2011-01-17T13:45:00Z

GLOBAL – ING Real Estate Investment Management has confirmed it is in discussions with "several parties" on a possible sale of parts of its business after media reports claimed CBRE was the front-runner in the bidding process.
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Finland's Varma to scale back domestic real estate investment

2011-01-17T13:30:00Z

FINLAND – Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company is expected to slow its domestic real estate investment programme in 2011, following two years of intense activity, citing rising vacancies and an influx of foreign investors.
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German roundup: AXA IM, infrastructure, Fleischhauer, Hoyer & Partner

2011-01-13T16:15:00Z

GERMANY – Out of Germany's 156 institutional investors, Pensionskassen were the only ones to identify direct real estate holdings as more risky than indirect investments in a survey commissioned by AXA Investment Managers.
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SPMS awards Aviva Investors €350m property mandate

2011-01-13T14:45:00Z

GLOBAL – The €5.5bn occupation pension fund for Dutch medical consultants (SPMS) has appointed UK firm Aviva Investors as manager of its unlisted property.
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Arbuthnot UK real estate team enters JV with AEW Europe

2011-01-13T13:45:00Z

UK – The UK real estate team of Arbuthnot Real Estate Investment Management (ArbreIM) has left the company to form a new joint venture business with AEW Europe.
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Transaction-linked index a 'gift' for asset allocation, says Mercer

2011-01-13T12:15:00Z

EUROPE – The transaction-linked index (TLI) being developed by IPD, which combines market valuations with traded prices, will be a "gift" when devising asset allocations for pension funds, according to Mercer.
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CBRE Investors' opportunity fund takes over Atlantic Station

2011-01-10T14:15:00Z

GLOBAL – CB Richard Ellis Investors has acquired Atlantic Station in Atlanta, Georgia, from insurer AIG for its fifth US opportunity fund.
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Cornerstone targets infrastructure for first European offering

2011-01-10T14:00:00Z

EUROPE – Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers Europe has launched its first European fund – a social infrastructure vehicle – since the US-based investment manager acquired Protego Real Estate Investors in 2009.
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ATP signs off €700m for indirect real estate investments

2011-01-10T13:00:00Z

DENMARK – Denmark's largest pension fund, ATP, has allocated a further €700m to invest in real estate funds, joint ventures and club deals through its subsidiary ATP Real Estate.
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Vasakronan makes Sweden's largest real estate purchase

2011-01-10T11:45:00Z

SWEDEN – Vasakronan, the real estate company owned by Sweden's national buffer funds, has acquired the Blåmannen 20 city block in Stockholm, known as Klara Zenit, in its entirety for SEK4.35bn (€487m).
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APG makes joint bid for ING's €1.9bn Australian property fund

2011-01-06T14:15:00Z

NETHERLANDS – The €266bn Dutch asset manager APG is part of a syndicate bidding for a €1.9bn ING property fund.