European investors – Page 266
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BPF Bouw becomes latest victim to property fraud
NETHERLANDS - The €25bn pension fund for the construction industry BPF Bouw is understood to be the latest victim of the large-scale property fraud which has affected the company pension scheme of electronics giant Philips.
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Real estate markets continue to struggle
GLOBAL - Global property markets are continuing to slow, according to the latest research by specialist property performance analysis firm, IPD, as the value of properties in the UK, Japan and Australia all showed declines in recent months.
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Student housing firm’s projects to target graduates
UK – London-based specialist property development group Unite is planning to build two student residence blocks worth €68m in London, and expanding its repertoire to try and plug the demand for housing among graduates.
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Heathrow tops expense poll in warehouse focal shift
GLOBAL - London’s Heathrow airport has the most expensive warehouse market in the world, followed by Tokyo, Oslo, Dublin and Singapore, according to Boston-based global real estate firm Colliers International.
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‘Cheesegrater’ put on hold as UK economy falters
UK - British Land has postponed plans to build a gleaming 220m skyscraper in the City of London, as falling demand for office space underlines the downward spiral of the UK economy.
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ING Real Estate caps its property finance (amended)
NETHERLANDS - ING Real Estate is limiting its financing of property investments in the Netherlands in order to spread the risks within the ING Group.
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San Francisco City and County turn to distressed debt
UNITED STATES - San Francisco City and County Employees’ Retirement System has made a €20m commitment into the Apollo European Principal Finance fund, to tap into the growing demand for distressed debt support.
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Institutional inflows raise IVG assets to 2007 level
GERMANY – German real estate company IVG has refilled its assets under management basket after a slump in the first quarter of 2008, thanks to institutional interest in indirect real estate.
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Rate margins push SNS' property profits
NETHERLANDS - Bancassurer SNS Reaal has revealed SNS Property Finance’s profit rose by 15.9% to €51m in the first half of 2008 thanks largely to a higher interest rate margin.
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US giant huddles up to London
UK – Mark Wood, managing director of US pension fund giant TIAA-CREF’s global real estate business, has revealed the newly-launched London office is an attempt to “make sure we are as close to the market as we can be.”
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TIAA-CREF hunts real estate via London office
US/UK – The New York-based Teachers Insurance and Annuities Association-College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF), the second largest retirement plan in the US with assets of $420bn (€281bn), has launched its first overseas office in London.
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Marcus regenerates the development chair
UK - Ian Marcus, chairman of the European Real Estate Investment Banking at Credit Suisse, is extending his duties in the real estate market and moving into the chairmanship of The Prince’s Regeneration Trust.
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Deka’s Westinvest eyes bargains in Lithuania
LITHUANIA – Deka Immobilien, the German asset manager, has shown renewed interest in the Lithuanian retail property market despite inflation pressures on the local economy, by purchasing the Akropolis shopping centre in Vilnius.
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MagazineUnited we stand...?
Despite recent successes in co-ordinating efforts, the industry is still too fragmented. Greater coherence would achieve more, argues Liz Peace
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MagazineSupertanker on world cruise
Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn (PFZW) – the Dutch pension fund for the care and welfare sector – is one of Europe’s largest investors, with €13bn of real estate assets under management.
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MagazineIrrational fears
Unnecessary scepticism about foreign real estate means that Swiss investors are limiting their own scope. And are they placing too much emphasis on liquidity?
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MagazineLoosening the straitjacket
Spanish institutional investors seeking to invest in real estate face huge obstacles, although the beginning of this year brought new hope, as Christine Senior reports
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MagazinePortuguese explorers make a comeback
Growing interest in overseas real estate is not the only sign of progress among increasingly sophisticated investors, says Christine Senior
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MagazineTime to embrace service
Despite the link between tenant satisfaction and investment performance, some industry customers feel undervalued. Howard Morgan asks why
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MagazineFor whom the bell tolls
For all the fanfare, the legislative launch of UK and German REITs could hardly have been worse timed. Mark Faithfull asks what next for crashing NAVs, Teutonic indifference and acquisitive cash funds
