All Investment Vehicles articles – Page 295

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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.

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    European property returns hit by currency pressure

    2008-04-24T15:09:00Z

    EUROPE – Unlisted European real estate funds saw a negative return on their investments of –3.9% in 2007, driven by the very poor performance of the UK property market as well as currency conversion pressures attached to the dollar and euro.

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    Kansas PERS issues real estate consultant RFP

    2008-04-17T17:32:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Kansas Public Employees Retirement System has sent out a Request for Proposal for a new real estate consultant.

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    Kimpton books $246m into hotels

    2008-04-17T17:25:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Kimpton Group Holding raised $246m (€155.6m) through institutional partners for its latest hotel investment fund, Kimpton Hospitality Partners II.

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    NZ scotches CPPIB airport deal

    2008-04-14T17:07:00Z

    NEW ZEALAND - Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB)’s long-running attempts to acquire a stake in Auckland International Airport (AIAL) collapsed last week after the New Zealand government refused to approve its application under the Overseas Investment Act.

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    Urdang raising hit by European pensions retreat

    2008-04-10T17:28:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Urdang Capital Management did not reach the expected initial capital raising for its latest commingled fund, the Urdang Value-Added Fund II.

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    Swiss pensions increase AIFAA’s US play

    2008-04-10T17:25:00Z

    UNITED STATES/SWITZERLAND - AIFAA, an investment company backed by 12 Swiss pension funds, has doubled the size of its real estate portfolio in the United States by acquiring two properties in all-cash deals for $72m (€45.9m).

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    VastNed forced to reconsider takeover

    2008-04-10T17:23:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - VastNed Retail, the €1.8bn property fund, has beenforced by majority shareholders, such as pensions investor PGGM, tore-consider its initial refusal to a takeover bid.

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    New York stores assets in Europe

    2008-04-10T17:21:00Z

    UNITED STATES - New York Common Retirement Fund has added European self-storage properties to its real estate investment program for the first time with the acquisition of a 51% interest in Public Storage’s Shurgard Europe operations.

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    Pension fund shops for real estate via AEW-Weingarten JV

    2008-04-10T17:20:00Z

    UNITED STATES - AEW Capital Management and Weingarten Realty Investors have formed a $229m (€144.2m) partnership for the recapitalization of a US-based retail portfolio, which is expected to benefit an unnamed US pension fund.

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    Texas Teachers applies $600m to non-core property

    2008-04-10T17:16:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Teacher Retirement System of Texas approved $600m (€382.1m) of new real estate commitments in March to non-core real estate commingled funds.