European investors – Page 245
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Korea's NPS boosts European real estate strategy by $400m
GLOBAL – The National Pension Service (NPS) of Korea has committed a further $400m (€306m) capital to Rockspring Property Investment Managers to invest in European real estate markets.
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German pension fund to invest €400m in Europe through iii-Investments
GERMANY – iii-Investments has been chosen to manage a new €400m closed-end pan-European real estate fund for a German pension fund.
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AREF creates investor committee to be chaired by Nick Cooper
UK – Nick Cooper, principal of The Townsend Group, is to chair a new investor committee set up by the Association of Real Estate Funds (AREF).
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UK roundup: Greater Manchester Pension Fund, GVA Grimley, British Property Federation, Oaktree
UK – The UK government has rejected proposals to help attract institutional investment in residential property despite growing interest in the sector.
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INREV: Investors re-shaping fund management industry
EUROPE – The non-listed real estate fund industry in Europe is collectively paying the price for the use of excessive leverage by a minority of fund managers, according to a report by the European Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles (INREV).
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Invesco fund shows German appetite for UK property remains strong
EUROPE – Invesco Real Estate has raised €75m from four German institutional investors, enabling it to make a first closing for its latest UK real estate fund.
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Allianz plans to double real estate portfolio to €30bn
GERMANY – Allianz Real Estate is aiming to sell €1bn in small and secondary assets in Germany within 18 months as part of its ongoing project to double its portfolio to €30bn.
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Go exploring
The largest pension funds are increasing their overseas exposure, finds Gail Moss
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German Spezialfond looks to invest in Belgium, France
GERMANY – HypoVereinsbank's real estate investment subsidy iii-Investment has launched a new Spezialfond, aiming to raise €400m worth of capital.
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Home concerns from abroad
Euro concerns and perceived better prospects elsewhere are hindering foreign investor interest in European product, says Christine Senior
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Dutch real estate survey highlights investor 'sophistication'
NETHERLANDS – The latest Investor Universe Netherlands survey shows the Dutch institutional real estate market is large, sophisticated and with considerable overseas exposure.
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MagazineImproving visibility
What do leading indicators tell us about the future of the real estate market? Quite a lot, as Sotiris Tsolacos reports
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MagazineCold turkey
The case for property as a diversification from equities will be strengthened – one of several consequences the shortage of debt capital will have on real estate investment, which are considered here by Mark Callender
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Waste yields new dividend
UK waste management: a new asset class within the industrial market? Ruth Hollies and Kevin Mofid report
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Hermes Fund Managers appoints real estate head after two-year search
UK – Hermes Fund Managers has appointed Chris Taylor as chief executive of Hermes Real Estate Investment Management.
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MGPA's opportunity fund targets €200m of German retail
GERMANY – MGPA's European opportunistic real estate fund has acquired 140 ALDI SÜD stores in Germany as it seeks to deploy close to €200m of capital in the country's retail sector over the next six months.
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INREV's Carpenter to build up Asia-Pacific cooperation
GLOBAL – The European Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles (INREV) has sent its former acting chief executive Andrea Carpenter to work with its counterpart in the Asia Pacific region, ANREV, on a temporary basis.
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Portfolio deals on the rise as ING sells Canadian industrial fund
GLOBAL – Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo), which manages more than CA$70bn (€51.6bn) for Alberta pension schemes, is to acquire a 50% stake in the CA$2bn ING Summit Fund.
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Malaysian pension fund allocates €1.2bn to UK property
GLOBAL – Malaysia's first-pillar pension scheme has allocated £1bn (€1.2bn) to UK real estate in expectation of a long-term annual yield of 6-7%.
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RREEF: Seoul 'safer than London'
GLOBAL – Investors will take refuge in Asian markets from "considerably riskier" developed markets such as London, according to RREEF Germany managing director Clemens Schaefer.
