All Investment Vehicles articles – Page 289

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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.

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    Orange County considers opportunistic allocations

    2008-09-11T17:50:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Orange County Employees Retirement System has approved a plan to explore the idea of creating a separate allocation for opportunistic or innovative investments.

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    Pramerica sees capital waiting on the sidelines

    2008-09-11T17:48:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Pramerica Real Estate Investors have found a huge sum of investible capital is currently sitting on the sidelines in the United States, as investors are unsure whether now is a good time to invest given market conditions.

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    Lehman spins off real estate after $3.9bn loss

    2008-09-11T16:37:00Z

    GLOBAL – Investment banking giant Lehman Bros is separating its commercial real estate business as a new listed entity and selling a majority stake in its investment management division after yet more writedowns generated a third-quarter net loss of $3.9bn (€2.76bn).

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    Ohio Police and Fire dampens core strategy

    2008-09-04T17:54:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund has altered its 2008 real estate strategy and will now be investing in core real estate this year, as previously planned.

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    SanFran City and County signs follow-on commitments

    2008-09-04T17:46:00Z

    UNITED STATES - San Francisco City and County Employees’ Retirement System is extending its relationship with CapMark Financial Group by approving follow-on real estate commitments worth $62.5m (€43.2m).

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    SEB to cash in on expanding Cologne office market

    2008-09-01T14:20:00Z

    GERMANY - Frankfurt-based SEB Asset Management (SEB) has further expanded its German property holdings with the purchase of a major office building in Cologne which adds €75m to the group’s existing €132bn assets under management.

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    ORG to support Indiana PERF

    2008-08-28T17:52:00Z

    UNITED STATES- Indiana Public Employees Retirement Fund has selected ORG Portfolio Management as its first consultant dedicated to the real estate asset class.

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    CalPERS taps call for debt liquidity

    2008-08-28T17:51:00Z

    UNITED STATES - California Public Employees Retirement System has made a $200m (€135.4bn) commitment into a US Debt Fund investment run by JER Investors Trust, to take advantage of dislocation in the credit markets.

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    Apollo creates AREFIN on new investor demand

    2008-08-28T17:50:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Apollo Real Estate Advisors has attracted an additional $309m (€210.6m) for its commingled fund, Apollo Real Estate Finance Corp, and placed the new capital raising in a separate holding called AREFIN Co-Investment Corporation.

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    Pennsylvania Public School invests $775m

    2008-08-21T17:33:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Pennsylvania Public School Employees Retirement System has approved new real estate commitments totaling $775m (€526.4m) in four commingled funds, including a $400m chunk with Beacon Capital.