All Investment Vehicles articles – Page 289

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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.

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    ING Clarion raises $200m for development fund

    2008-09-25T18:10:00Z

    UNITED STATES - ING Clarion Partners has signed $202m through the capital raising on its latest commingled fund, Clarion Development Ventures III, following support from seven institutional investors, including New York State Teachers Retirement System.

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    Sacramento County hires international REIT manager

    2008-09-25T18:08:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Sacramento County Employees’ Retirement System has selected CB Richard Ellis Global Real Estate Securities as its international (ex-US) REIT manager.

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    Non-listed real estate stays top buy in poor conditions

    2008-09-22T17:28:00Z

    EUROPE - Non-listed real estate funds remain the asset class of choice among institutional investors looking to increase their investments in European real estate in turbulent times, according to a study by INREV, the Amsterdam-based European association for investors in non-listed real estate vehicles.

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    CalPERS uses $700m to tap opportunity

    2008-09-18T14:03:00Z

    UNITED STATES - California Public Employees Retirement System is continuing to pursue its international real estate investment strategy by placing $700m (€493.8m) in real estate commingled funds generating targeted net IRRs of 20%.

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    Los Angeles City nears commitment to debt fund

    2008-09-18T13:57:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System is getting close to making a $25m (€17.6m) commitment to the ING Clarion Debt Opportunity Fund III.

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    US funds 'wait and see' over Lehman bankruptcy

    2008-09-15T18:14:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Several pension funds in the United States have yet to make any decisions about the activity it will now take regarding previous commitments made to Lehman Brothers-sponsored commingled real estate funds, after the firm today announced it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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    ABP extends hotel holdings in key European cities

    2008-09-15T18:12:00Z

    EUROPE - Europe’s second-largest pension scheme ABP, the Netherland’s huge €215bn public service fund, has expanded its European real estate portfolio with the purchase of six hotels in Paris, Amsterdam and Düsseldorf.

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    AvalonBay falls short of capital raising goal

    2008-09-11T18:00:00Z

    UNITED STATES - AvalonBay Communities has raised $333m (€234.2m) of equity for its latest commingled fund, AvalonBay Value Added Fund II – but this is short of the $500m goal established early in the process.

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    CalSTRS expands real estate debt investments

    2008-09-11T17:53:00Z

    UNITED STATES - California State Teachers Retirement System is in the process of increasing its efforts investing capital into real estate debt, having just invested $500m (€354.5m) in that arena.

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    Kansas PERS moves into senior housing

    2008-09-11T17:52:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Kansas Public Employees Retirement System has expanded its real estate strategy into senior housing by making a $35m (€24.6m) commitment to AEW Senior Housing Investors LP.