European investors – Page 250
-
News
Emerging markets to lead revival of luxury retail sector, says Colliers
GLOBAL – Rents in the luxury retail sector are set to increase in the near term after a two-year hiatus, according to Colliers International.
-
News
German investors to ramp up indirect real estate exposure
GERMANY – German institutional investors are expected to invest on average more than €300m in real estate during 2010 and more than €26bn in total over the next three years, a large proportion of which will be directed to indirect vehicles, according to two separate studies.
-
News
US and Ireland set for spike in distressed sales
GLOBAL – Ireland and the US are expected to see a significant increase in distressed real estate sales in the short term, according to research from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
-
News
PGGM won over by SLI's responsible investment credentials
NETHERLANDS/UK – PGGM, the Dutch pension fund asset manager, has invested €75m in a UK shopping centre fund managed by Standard Life Investments.
-
News
Survey shows UK pension funds to increase real estate exposure
UK – More than one-third of UK pension funds with existing real estate investments are actively looking to increase their exposure, while a small number remain unsure about the asset class, according to a survey by Aberdeen Asset Management.
-
News
AP4 acquires €565m of Swedish residential assets
SWEDEN – The Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP4) has made one of the largest ever residential investments in the country.
-
News
Prime continuing to defy fundamentals - King Sturge
EUROPE – King Sturge’s European first quarter survey is the latest to report prime property retaining its value despite a sluggish macro recovery across the continent.
-
News
Pension funds to take the train
UK – Pension schemes could be asked to fund the UK’s high-speed rail network under proposals currently before the transport ministry.
-
News
Global forecast confirms two-tier trend
GLOBAL – The forecast for Europe is cautious, for the US better, and for some of Asia the best of all, according to Jones Lang LaSalle's (JLL) quarterly Global Market Perspective.
-
News
ING REIM offers access to its funds through single structure
EUROPE – An unnamed Swiss insurer has invested €100m via several of its subsidiaries in an ING Real Estate Investment Management fund of funds (FoF) vehicle launched last week.
-
News
Munich office outlook maintains focus on prime
GERMANY – Munich office rental will pick up slowly in 2010 even if there is a speedy recovery, according to a report published this week by Knight Frank.
-
News
Recovery boosts forecasts for Europe, US
GLOBAL – Economic recovery has upped the prospects for long-lease prime properties in cities such as London, New York, Paris and Hong Kong, according to ING Real Estate Investment Management.
-
News
Former IPD boss appointed INREV CEO
EUROPE – The European Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Funds (INREV) has appointed Matthias Thomas, the founder of Investment Property Databank (IPD) Germany, as chief executive officer.
-
MagazineFocus long term... ...focus on recovery
Correlations rise and fall but the likely pattern of recovery across Europe suggests that international diversification will continue to deliver superior long-term returns for the risk taken than a purely domestic-based strategy. Mark Callender reports
-
MagazineRole reversal
Spain’s fall from grace has been even more spectacular than Poland’s rise. What does their future hold? Martin Erbe reports
-
MagazineThe art of performing
Financing and currency risk must be managed to protect pooled fund returns, says Cameron McVean
-
Magazine
Home comfort?
Will European housing markets see signs of stabilisation or is there a squeeze ahead? Monika Bukowska reports
-
News
Macro drives Euro growth as UK confidence boosts non-listed funds
EUROPE - Broad recovery in European property markets raises the prospect that markets such as Denmark and the Netherlands could escape the cyclical downturn altogether.
-
News
Investors look past prime to secondary assets
EUROPE - European pension funds will look to secondary assets in search of higher returns as economies recover across the region, according to Simon Mallinson, director of research at Invesco.
-
News
Norwegian oil fund appoints PE property manager
NORWAY - Karsten Kallevig is to manage the planned NOK140bn (€16.6bn) property portfolio of the €346bn Norwegian Global Pension Fund. The Tokyo-based partner in real estate private equity firm Grove will join the fund early in September.
