All Investment Vehicles articles – Page 288

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    GIC to invest in debt fund worth $2.5bn

    2008-10-16T18:05:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Divco West Properties and LoanCore Capital have come together to form a $2.5bn (€1.8bn) investment fund which will target real estate debt opportunities at major institutional investors such as Singapore’s GIC.

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    Federal Capital attains $230m in first fundraising

    2008-10-16T18:04:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Federal Capital Partners has closed its first commingled fund with a capital raisin of $230m (€168.5m) through FCP Fund I.

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    Buchanan Street Partners to be principal investor only

    2008-10-16T18:01:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Buchanan Street Partners has shifted its business to focus solely on acting as a principal investor for all of its real estate investments.

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    Italian real estate held ground in H1

    2008-10-13T17:26:00Z

    EUROPE – The total return of Italian pooled property funds dropped during the first half of 2008 but still managed stay in positive territory of 4.1%, according to the latest results from IPD’s Italian Pooled Property Fund study.

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    Brazil’s FUNCEF to tackle equity fall with real estate

    2008-10-13T17:15:00Z

    BRAZIL – FUNCEF, Brazil’s third-largest pension fund and one of the largest in Latin America, plans to allocate approximately BRL520m (€611m) to the fund’s real estate portfolio in a bid to diversify its assets following a huge drop on its chosen equity index

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    Dumfries reviews real estate manager and allocation

    2008-10-13T17:00:00Z

    UK – Dumfries and Galloway pension fund is looking to appoint a pension fund investment manager to manage up to £45m (€58.2m) in its UK and global property assets.

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    Market pressures force fund extensions

    2008-10-10T16:42:00Z

    EUROPE – Non-listed real estate funds are increasingly extending the life of their vehicles rather than liquidating them in a bid to avoid the forced sale of their assets at current low market prices, the European Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles (INREV) has found.

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    European real estate shown as Canadian target

    2008-10-10T16:36:00Z

    CANADA/EUROPE - Major Canadian pension funds continue to invest in European real estate, despite the credit crunch, as consumer and investor confidence remains high, according to DTZ.

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    Los Angeles City seeks a wider view

    2008-10-09T17:40:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System has approved two new real estate commitments totaling $45m (€33.1m) which will see the pension fund invest in REITS and Latin America.

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    Alaska Retirement holds back from real estate

    2008-10-09T17:37:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Alaska Retirement Management Board has decided not to allocate any new capital to real estate investment in fiscal 2009.

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    Cornerstone gets ready to close hotel bookings

    2008-10-09T17:36:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers is getting ready to close the capital raising on its Cornerstone Hotel Income & Equity Fund II, having persuaded investors to commit $466m (€340.5m) to the fund.

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    Pennsylvania Public School takes $286m risk

    2008-10-09T17:33:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Pennsylvania Public School Employees Retirement System has allocated $286m (€210m) in two commingled funds to target high returns in European mortgages and Asia.

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    CalSTRS prepares for market turn

    2008-10-02T22:38:00Z

    UNITED STATES - California State Teachers Retirement System is investing capital with existing real estate managers so these firms will have capital ready to place in the real estate market when conditions start to improve.

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    LA County reins in real estate spending

    2008-10-02T22:36:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association has chosen not to allocate any new capital to real estate for fiscal year 2009 as the fund is now over-allocated to the sector.

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    Oregon PERF moves into infrastructure

    2008-10-02T22:35:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund has made its first move into an infrastructure commingled fund and approved a $200m (€140.3m) commitment into the Alinda Infrastructure Fund II.

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    New York State takes $450m investment opportunity

    2008-10-02T22:31:00Z

    UNITED STATES - New York State Common Retirement Fund has approved $450m (€308.2m) of commitments into three opportunity funds, in a bid to generate projected gross IRR of 20%.

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    CalPERS appoints infrastructure manager

    2008-09-29T16:47:00Z

    UNITED STATES - California Public Employees Retirement System has hired Randall Mullan as its senior portfolio manager for infrastructure investments.

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    Washington State agrees $1.15bn investment

    2008-09-25T18:15:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Washington State Investment Board has made three commitments in real estate and the tangible asset classes amounting to $1.15bn (€782m).

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    New Jersey considers fresh investment

    2008-09-25T18:13:00Z

    UNITED STATES - New Jersey Division of Investment maybe investing as much as an additional $15m (€10.2m) of capital into the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund VII Global commingled fund.

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    Ohio School Employees moves into Asia

    2008-09-25T18:11:00Z

    UNITED STATES - The School Employees Retirement System of Ohio has approved a commitment of $50m (€34.2m) in the Carlyle Asia Real Estate Partners II commingled fund.