All Investment Vehicles articles – Page 279
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Finnish pensions land airlines among property
FINLAND – Nordea Life Assurance Finland, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance and Valtion Eläkerahasto (VER) , the Finnish State Pension Fund, have invested in four airport properties in Finland through their NV Property Fund joint venture.
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CalSTRS eyes increase to real estate allocation
UNITED STATES - California State Teachers Retirement System is thinking of approving a new long-term allocation to real estate.
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Rockpoint checks in for US hotel purchase
UNITED STATES - The Rockpoint Group has completed its first acquisition in the United States in 18 months, with the $10m (€6.93m) deal to purchase the 434-room Newton Marriott Hotel in Massachusetts.
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III-Investments goes green on real estate
GERMANY – HypoVereinsbank subsidiary III-Investments has launched the first real estate spezialfond to invest exclusively in ‘green’ real estate assets.
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New Mexico moves into private real estate
UNITED STATES - New Mexico Educational Retirement Board is currently transiting out of public REITs and reinvesting the capital via a private real estate strategy.
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Sacramento County to hold onto AEW fund
UNITED STATES - Sacramento County Employees Retirement System has extended the investment period for its AEW Value Investors II holding.
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US pension giants lose big on real estate
EUROPE – Many of Europe’s cross-border investors returned to the real estate market in the second quarter, replacing domestic investors as the most dominant active group.
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Aviva to invest £1bn in UK rental housing
UK – Aviva Investors is intending to launch a real estate fund aimed at pension funds and institutional investors that will invest in UK residential assets.
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AIFM could bring less fund choice, claims law firm
EUROPE – A Paris-headquartered law firm has warned current proposals for the Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) Directive could lead to a lack of choice of funds in the future unless European officials can work with US and international counterparts to improve regulatory terms on alternative investments.
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Sarasin launches new green listed fund
GLOBAL – Sarasin has launched what it claims to be the world’s first fund to specialise in investing in sustainable real estate companies.
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Schroders calls for fund structure standardisation
GLOBAL - Greater standardisation of the way funds are structured could deliver significant savings for investors, suggests William Hill, head of property at Schroders.
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Ohio Police and Fire’s real estate keeps falling
UNITED STATES – The value of real estate portfolios for US pension funds is still declining as Ohio Police and Fire pension fund has revealed as its real estate assets dropped in value from $1.01bn (€713.9m euros) at the end of 2008 to $784m by the end of the first ...
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New York Common invests in UK underperformers
UNITED STATES - New York State Common Retirement Fund has made a $30m (€21.3m) commitment to the Mountgrange Real Estate Opportunity Fund I in a bid to further diversify into European real estate.
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London property attracts overseas interest
UK - Investment in London commercial property has risen for the first time since the second half of 2007, according to new figures from Cushman & Wakefield.
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Real estate dominates alternative assets in pensions
GLOBAL – Real estate investments still make up over half of the alternative assets managed by external managers on behalf of pension funds, and despite the economic downturn, suggests a study conducted by Watson Wyatt.
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Hercules receives backing from pensions giant
CANADA/UK - The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has injected £100m (€118m) into the Hercules Unit Trust (HUT), a UK retail warehouse fund run by British Land and Schroders, which is in the process of restructuring its £800m debt facility.
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RREEF weigh ups its options over America III
UNITED STATES – RREEF, the real estate investment division of Deutsche Bank, is now considering three different options to help it deal with some debt issues for its open-ended commingled fund, RREEF America III.
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Maine PERS selects ORG as real estate consultant
UNITED STATES - Maine Public Employees Retirement System has selected ORG Real Property as its first ever real estate consultant.
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Tesco makes second property pledge to pension
UK – Tesco, the global supermarket chain, has signed another sale-and-leaseback deal with pension fund trustees, which will see the fund take a 50% stake in assets worth £458m.
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Progress continues on real estate sale
NETHERLANDS - Progress, the Dutch pension fund of food giant Unilever, has sold three housing complexes in Breda, Groningen and Nijmegen as it continues to divest its directly-held domestic real estate portfolio.
