European investors – Page 259
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MagazinePriceless property
As transactional data has almost entirely dried up, the true market value of real estate is shrouded in uncertainty. Richard Lowe speaks to three pension funds about what this means for their existing portfolios and investment strategies
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UK pooled funds lose almost a third
UK – Total annual returns for all pooled property funds hit -32% over 2008, according to the IPD UK Pooled Property Fund Indices’ fourth quarter results for 2008.
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Teesside hires LVAM to manage real estate
UK – The £2bn (€2.1bn) Teesside Pension Fund, administered by Middlesbrough Council, has appointed LV Asset Management (LVAM) to manage the pension fund’s direct UK commercial property portfolio.
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Land Securities warns of tenancy pressures
UK – Land Securities is retaining a “cautious outlook” of the property markets after registering an increase in empty properties within its portfolio, and fears property will continue on a downward spiral over the coming months.
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Merseyside rolls real estate investment contracts
UK - Merseyside Pension Fund (MPF) has extended two major contracts for real estate investment services instead of exposing the pension fund to the pressures of the volatile property markets.
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Schroders to apply blind fund to Avon's strategy
UK – The £2bn (€2.12bn) Avon Pension Fund, administered by Bath and North East Somerset Council, has appointed Schroders to manage a £90m UK property multi-manager mandate.
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Pension fund potential in CEE infrastructure
CEE – Local investors should take the chance to grab stable investment opportunities ino Central and Eastern Europe while many foreign investors remain wary, according to Werner Weihs-Raabl, head of group infrastructure finance and public sector at Erste Group.
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Aberdeen predicts UK property bounceback
UK – Institutional investors, including UK pension funds, are likely to tap into the UK property market for attractive opportunities by the end of this year, according to Aberdeen Property Investors’ UK Property Snapshot.
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AREF appoints new chair
UK – The Association of Real Estate Funds (AREF) has appointed Bill Hughes, managing director of Legal & General Property, as its new chairman.
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Activity sees IVG buy German retail from AEW
Europe – AEW Europe’s pan-European fund has sold its prime retail asset in Hamburg for €94m, proving the German real estate market is still showing signs of activity despite the credit crunch.
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Higher yields allude to lower income growth - CBRE
EUROPE – Yields across all commercial sectors in Europe, Middle East and Africa markets have increased in the fourth quarter of 2008 and may reflect a poor outlook for rents, according to latest data from the CB Richard Ellis EU-15 yield indices.
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Pressured Hypo wins time extension
GERMANY- Hypo Real Estate Group has received an extension on the €30bn framework guarantee granted by the German Financial Markets Stabilisation Fund (SoFFin) amid rumours that the German Government is considering taking a stake in the company.
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ING enters Polish retail space
Czech Republic – ING Real Estate Investment Management has acquired a €125m shopping centre in the Czech Republic and added it to the ING Property Fund Central Europe.
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Real estate loses a fifth for UK pensions
UK – Property generated a loss of 21% for the WM UK Pension Fund and Charity Fund universe in 2008, according to preliminary results released by State Street Investment Analytics.
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Henderson weds Croom for retail property (amended)
EUROPE – Henderson Global Investors has appointed Katherine Groom as portfolio manager for its pan-European retail property fund, Herald.
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More than €50bn waiting to be deployed in Europe
EUROPE – More than €50bn of equity is targeting European commercial real estate this year, according to the latest European capital markets research carried out by Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL).
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Land Securities sells Trillium
UK – Land Securities Group, the UK’s largest real estate investment trust (REIT), announced today it has agreed the sale of Trillium to Telereal, a property investment company, for £750m (€832m).
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Illinois State Universities to capitalise on 2009 opportunities
UNITED STATES – State Universities Retirement System of Illinois has entered into the opportunistic real estate space by making a $40m (€29.4m) commitment to the Dune Real Estate Fund II.
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Barclay made associate at Nordic Retail Fund
EUROPE – Protego Real Estate Investors has appointed Calum Barclay as an associate within its Nordic Retail Fund, it was announced this week.
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Goodman and L&G raise equity for ABPP
GLOBAL – Australia’s Goodman Group and the UK’s Legal & General have raised £350m (€383m) of equity for real estate fund Arlington Business Park Partnership (ABPP).
