European investors – Page 282

  • News

    Berkshire trades direct property for fund

    2007-09-24T15:45:00Z

    UK - The £1.4bn (€2.1bn) Berkshire pension fund has made a £15m investment into BlackRock's UK property fund.

  • Two cheers for the Europhiles
    Magazine

    Two cheers for the Europhiles

    September 2007 (Magazine)

    We see a refocus on Europe-specific markets; investors show a preference for German commercial; Belgium makes a blip on the radar, and Asia’s further interest is shown in strategic potential

  • Venturing beyond the homestead
    Magazine

    Venturing beyond the homestead

    September 2007 (Magazine)

    Founded in 1926, Zurich civil servants’ pension fund BVK now caters for nearly 90,000 members.

  • News

    Sustainability to split real estate pricing - DTZ

    2007-09-18T17:00:00Z

    EUROPE – Real estate manager DTZ is predicting Europe will eventually develop into a two-tier property market which prices less energy-efficient real estate at a discount.

  • News

    F&C property trust to decide whether to quit

    2007-09-17T17:00:00Z

    UK - Negative investor sentiment towards UK property has driven the F&C Commercial Property trust to convene an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to decide on its own future.

  • News

    REITs ‘waiting for long-term investors’

    2007-09-17T16:50:00Z

    UK - Critics of the poor performance of UK REITs since their launch in January are failing to understand they’re a long-term investment, according to Dave Butler, programme coordinator at UK-based campaigning group REITA.

  • News

    Investors turn to active management

    2007-09-17T16:15:00Z

    EUROPE - Investors will increasingly opt for active management as “indiscriminate yield compression” in Europe ends, according to Aberdeen Property Investors.

  • All abroad
    Magazine

    All abroad

    September 2007 (Magazine)

    Continental European real estate offers a natural second home for UK money scouting for real estate to invest in. But with continental Europe following the same trend, some UK funds are opting to go global. Shayla Walmsley reports

  • Safety first
    Magazine

    Safety first

    September 2007 (Magazine)

    A number of obstacles face Hungarian pension funds investing or seeking to invest in real estate but the outlook is improving, as Krystyna Krzyzak reports

  • Magazine

    The rough and the smooth

    September 2007 (Magazine)

    The way in which German open-ended real estate funds are valued is under scrutiny, but is there a case to answer? Sally Hodge reports

  • Time to be fair to Germany...
    Magazine

    Time to be fair to Germany...

    September 2007 (Magazine)

    Is the German real estate sector failing as a destination for foreign investment? Ute Geipel-Faber and Ellen Schwemmlein look at the facts

  • Magazine

    Safe as Warehouses

    September 2007 (Magazine)

    A rapidly expanding sector, logistics offers a more secure investment and higher income return than more mainstream sectors. But there are concerns for investors, as Christine Senior reports

  • Further growth in store
    Magazine

    Further growth in store

    September 2007 (Magazine)

    The success of the European logistics sector is driving capital well beyond the continent’s prime locations, as Monika Bukowska reports

  • Take the high road
    Magazine

    Take the high road

    September 2007 (Magazine)

    With greater globalisation no sector is likely to be more affected by the drive to sustainability than logistics. Ljiljana Grubovic and Ali Nassiri report

  • News

    Irish pension fund sells retail stores

    2007-09-12T16:45:00Z

    IRELAND – The Irish Property Unit Trust is selling some of its retail investments in Cork and Limerick, as well as an office block in Dublin, to finance its stake in a new Cork retail property project.

  • News

    McGuire swaps Edinburgh for London

    2007-09-11T17:45:00Z

    UK – AXA Real Estate Investment Managers has persuaded Standard Life Investment’s Martin McGuire to leave his property remit at the life office and head up one of its core-plus propositions.

  • News

    Pension funds give euro focus to Goodman

    2007-09-11T17:00:00Z

    EUROPE – Asset management firm Goodman Property Investors has picked up a series of new European real estate mandates from pension funds in recent months, the latest of which is from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).

  • News

    Futures present for listed property

    2007-09-10T16:00:00Z

    FRANCE - Launch of two European futures contracts on the Paris derivatives market will give investors “cost-effective, simple and efficient” exposure to listed property, according to Liffe, Euronext’s London-based derivatives business.

  • News

    Finland remains 'Nordic property capital'

    2007-09-10T16:00:00Z

    FINLAND - Finnish real estate still offers pension funds credible property investment opportunities despite the small size of the market, according to Aberdeen fund manager Pertti Verhanen.

  • News

    Lothian pension tenders its real estate

    2007-09-10T15:00:00Z

    UK – Lothian pension fund is reviewing its real estate investment manager and searching for a firm to handle the fund’s asset allocation.