All Investment Vehicles articles – Page 295

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    Pirelli punts on Euro-property fund

    2008-05-12T16:53:00Z

    EUROPE - Pirelli Real Estate is targeting international pension funds with an opportunistic pan-European property fund it plans to launch early next year.

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    UK residential ready for institutions

    2008-05-12T16:52:00Z

    UK - The UK residential market is ready for pension fund investors despite being fragmented and dominated by amateur property managers, according to property firm Nice.

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    Texas Teachers approves $862.5m in new structures

    2008-05-08T15:55:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Teacher Retirement System of Texas approved $862.5m (€557.9m) in real estate commitments in April, including one deal which has the structure of a commingled fund but is in fact a separate account.

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    NYSTRS approves $405m for real estate

    2008-05-08T15:54:00Z

    UNITED STATES - New York State Teachers Retirement System (NYSTRS) has approved $405m (€260.4m) in new real estate commitments to non-core strategies.

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    LaSalle creates hotel JV

    2008-05-08T15:52:00Z

    UNITED STATES - LaSalle Investment Management and public Reits LaSalle Hotel Properties have formed a $700m (€455.3m) joint venture to invest in US hotels.

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    Pennsylvania State commits to senior housing fund

    2008-05-08T15:51:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Pennsylvania State Employees Retirement System has already approved a $25m (€16.2m) commitment to Senior Housing Partners IV commingled fund.

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    TIAA-CREF moves into commingled space

    2008-05-08T15:50:00Z

    UNITED STATES - TIAA-CREF has created its first commingled fund to be backed by third-party investment capital.

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    ABP-owned firm sells office portfolio

    2008-05-06T16:44:00Z

    EUROPE - Corio, the Dutch property firm 37%-owned by the €220bn ABP pension fund, has sold its Dutch office portfolio for €650m - 1.5% below book value.

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    Aberdeen buys real estate rival Goodman for £109m

    2008-05-06T16:36:00Z

    GLOBAL – Aberdeen Asset Management’s real estate subsidiary Aberdeen Property Investors has snapped up a deal to buy its rival Goodman Property Investors for £109m (€140m).

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    Morgan Stanley brings $2.5bn to Special Sits III

    2008-05-01T17:23:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Morgan Stanley Real Estate has attracted $2.5bn (€1.6bn euros) of institutional capital for the latest round of fund raising for Special Situations Fund III.

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    Pramerica creates UK senior housing vehicle

    2008-05-01T17:21:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Pramerica Real Estate Investors has setup a new co-investment entity to invest in senior housing in the United Kingdom, to sit alongside its PRECO III commingled fund.

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    Indiana PERF moves $150m into real estate

    2008-05-01T17:20:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Indiana Public Employees Retirement Fund has approved commitments totaling $150m (€

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    Orange County works on commingled fund manager search

    2008-05-01T17:17:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Orange County Employees Retirement System is nowworking on a search to hire new commingled fund real estate managers.

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    Nebraska adds to real estate portfolio

    2008-05-01T17:14:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Nebraska Investment Council has expanded its real estate portfolio by making a $25m (€16.1m) commitment to the Five Arrows Realty Securities V commingled fund.

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    INREV follows for the fashion for style

    2008-04-28T17:28:00Z

    EUROPE – INREV, the European Association for investors in non-listed real estate funds, has introduced a ‘style’ index to help pension funds and institutional investors can benchmark their funds by investment style.

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    Investor interest lifts non-core Rockpoint to $2.5bn

    2008-04-24T16:23:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Rockpoint Group LLC has attracted $2.51bn (€1.58bn) of equity for its latest commingled fund, Rockpoint Real Estate fund III but says the sum could have been larger on the back of investor demand.

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    DRA invests half of its new $1.25bn fund

    2008-04-24T16:20:00Z

    UNITED STATES - DRA Advisors has already spent around 50% of the $1.25bn (€787.4m) of equity it has just finished for its DRA Growth and Income Fund VI.

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    Washington State outshines Oregon’s commitment to Lone Star

    2008-04-24T16:18:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Washington State Investment Board has approved a commitment of up to $600m (€375.1m) into the Lone Star Fund VI commingled fund.

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    Canyon Capital raises $1bn for urban fund

    2008-04-24T16:16:00Z

    UNITED STATES – US-based pension funds were among the biggest investors to Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund III, which has received equity commitments from investors totaling $1bn (€627.4bn).

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    State of Virginia pursues $300m opportunity

    2008-04-24T15:30:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Virginia Retirement System has made a $300m (€188.5m) commitment to the investment entity Security Capital Income Opportunity Investors, LLC.