All Investment Vehicles articles – Page 293

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    CalSTRS invests $1bn in real estate in Q1

    2008-06-26T17:16:00Z

    UNITED STATES - California State Teachers Retirement System approved investments totalling just over $1bn (€642.2m) into real estate for the first quarter of 2008, in a mixture of core and tactical investments.

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    Orange County turns away from separate accounts

    2008-06-26T17:14:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Orange County Employees Retirement System has started the process of investing in commingled real estate funds and moving away from separate accounts.

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    New Jersey turns attention to non-core real estate

    2008-06-26T17:08:00Z

    UNITED STATES - New Jersey Division of Investment has approved $250m (€161.4m) worth of commitments to non-core real estate.

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    BPT beats off Quebec pension fund for Russian assets

    2008-06-23T17:13:00Z

    RUSSIA - The Baltic Property Trust Group (BPT) has beaten off Russia-hungry rival investors to acquire its latest asset in the market: the first phase of the Country Park business centre in Moscow.

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    Pension funds cut managers and look again at Europe

    2008-06-23T17:12:00Z

    EUROPE - Pension funds are slashing the number of property fund managers they deal with, at the same time as increasing their allocations to an asset class they now see as core to their investment strategies.

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    Ohio PERS prepares for move overseas

    2008-06-19T17:34:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Ohio Public Employees Retirement System is getting ready to make its first ever move into investing in international REITs.

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    Pramerica books space at Mexican resort

    2008-06-19T17:33:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Pramerica Real Estate Investors is expecting to invest as much as $800m (€517m) over several years in a joint venture to develop the second phase of a project along the Sea of Cortez in Mexico, known as CostaBaja Resort & Marina.

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    SanFran City & County ups real estate assets by 2%

    2008-06-19T17:29:00Z

    UNITED STATES - San Francisco City & County Employees’ Retirement System has decided to increase its exposure to real estate to 12%.

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    Maryland sees value in adding to real estate

    2008-06-19T17:27:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Maryland State Retirement System has signed a deal to invest with a new manager to the fund, by committing $100m (€64.6m) to the Rockwood Capital Real Estate Partners VIII fund.

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    LACERA extends its hotel funds holding

    2008-06-19T17:26:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association has further diversified of its assets into hotel investments, and approved a $100m (€64.5m) commitment to the Starwood Capital Global Hospitality Fund II.

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    Hotels grow – but outside Europe

    2008-06-16T17:20:00Z

    EUROPE - The hotel sector’s centre of gravity has lurched away from Europe, according to Martin Armitstead, DTZ’S managing director of EMEA hospitality.

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    Wisconsin follows the lower allocation trend

    2008-06-12T10:44:00Z

    UNITED STATES – Yet another US pension fund has moved to reduce its allocation to real estate this year, as the State of Wisconsin Investment Board has cut its allocated capital by 14%.

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    Tricon Capital creates new investment platform

    2008-06-12T10:40:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Tricon Capital Group has created a new investment platform for the recapitalisation of single-family communities.

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    Retail booms despite ‘weak’ Russian reputation

    2008-06-09T17:24:00Z

    RUSSIA - Consumer spending power is driving resurgent growth in Russian retail real estate, according to Swedish fund manager East Capital following the launch of a retail property fund.

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    Stay out of politics, OECD tells SWFs

    2008-06-09T17:22:00Z

    GLOBAL - The OECD has apparently softened its stance on sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), welcoming their “constructive contribution” to economic development and lauding them as “a force for global financial stability”.

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    State of Wisconsin makes hotel reservations

    2008-06-05T17:32:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Wisconsin State Investment Board is planning to invest into hotels for the first time.

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    Ohio PERS sees value of European capital

    2008-06-05T17:30:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) has made $75m (€48.3m) commitments to Carlyle Europe Realty Partners III and Blackstone Real Estate Partners Europe Fund III.

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    LACERA moves $50m into pan-Asia fund

    2008-06-05T17:28:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association had added to its international real estate exposure by committing $50m (€32.2m) to the ING Real Estate Asia Value Fund.

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    Ohio Police & Fire commits to high return fund

    2008-06-05T17:26:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund is continuing its high return commingled fund investing strategy by making a $25m (€16.2m) commitment to the Walton Street Real Estate Fund VI.

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    Smaller funds need to be more active - NAEV

    2008-06-02T16:30:00Z

    EUROPE – Smaller pension funds may need to be more active in their handling of real estate assets than larger pension funds, suggests evidence presented at the recent IPE Real Estate Forum.