All Investment Vehicles articles – Page 299

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    Indiana moves into real estate

    2008-01-07T17:21:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Indiana Public Employees Retirement Fund has approved $300m (€205.7m) worth of real estate investments as it moves into the asset class for the first time.

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    Ohio PERS expands REIT investment program

    2008-01-07T17:19:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Ohio Public Employees Retirement System has expanded the Reit investment program of its healthcare fund by 1% to 6%.

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    US pension funds putting capital in core strategy

    2008-01-07T17:15:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Pension funds in the United States are still choosing to invest in core strategy real estate, despite evidence over recent months suggesting many funds are turning to wider diversification.

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    Mass PRIM hires global REIT managers

    2007-12-17T17:52:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board has selected European Investors and RREEF manage global REIT mandates with initial investment of $100m (€68.9m).

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    Oregon PERF investment sees new forays

    2007-12-17T17:49:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund has agreed to invest $150m (€102.6m) into commingled funds focused on Asia and urban strategies.

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    CalSTRS and Waterson seek apartment viewings

    2007-12-17T17:47:00Z

    UNITED STATES - California State Teachers Retirement System and Waterton Associates have created a new apartment investment fund, to tap into what they anticipate will be a shift in the sector.

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    Illinois Teachers allocates office space

    2007-12-17T17:46:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Teacher Retirement System of the State of Illinois has approved two real estate investments totaling $187.5m (€127.4m) which contribute to the acquisition of office space.

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    Entity level investing attracts more pension fund capital

    2007-12-10T17:21:00Z

    UNITED STATES – US pension funds are showing increased interest in moving capital to commingled funds that make entity-level investments, as two major funds have invested in funds holding direct property.

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    Real estate sought through IPE-Quest mandate

    2007-12-10T17:11:00Z

    SWITZERLAND – A search has been launched for an investment manager to look after a €10m European real estate mandate, using IPE Quest.

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    Henderson shorts inside global real estate

    2007-12-03T16:52:00Z

    EUROPE - Henderson Global Investors has launched a property equities fund with the capability to take long and short positions on real estate listed stocks.

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    Smaller schemes opt for Asian fund-of-funds

    2007-12-03T16:23:00Z

    EUROPE - The European Association for Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate Vehicles (INREV) has launched a directory of 36 unlisted funds of property funds to meet demand from smaller pension funds and niche-hungry major funds.

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    NYSTRS turns $525m to non-core investing

    2007-12-03T16:21:00Z

    UNITED STATES - New York State Teachers Retirement System is looking at investing up to $525m (€356m) in non-core real state through commingled funds and a separate account.

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    MacFarlane raises $1bn for urban investment

    2007-12-03T16:19:00Z

    UNITED STATES - MacFarlane Partners has raised $1bn (€683.6m) for Urban Real Estate Fund II, making this one of the largest urban commingled funds ever to be created in the United States.

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    Ohio School Employees places capital into non-core property

    2007-12-03T16:16:00Z

    UNITED STATES - School Employees Retirement System of Ohio has approved commitments totaling $100m (€67.2m) into two non-core commingled funds, as its investment strategy for 2008 is to ignore the core real estate market.

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    Duopoly to define logistics fund market

    2007-12-03T16:13:00Z

    EUROPE - The European logistics market will diverge into ‘blockbuster’ and ‘niche’ funds, with specialist nous and tenant relationships determining asset managers’ survival in a shaken-out market, claims Peter Davies, fund director of the Goodman European Logistics Fund (GELF).

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    Reits design described as “wrong”

    2007-11-26T15:00:00Z

    GLOBAL - European Reits are being formulated to appeal to the “wrong audience”, according to Europroperty Consulting.

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    Washington State ups real estate allocation

    2007-11-26T11:30:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Washington State Investment Board has decided to boost its real estate allocation from 12% to 13%.

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    Texas Teachers invest in land banking

    2007-11-26T11:00:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Teacher Retirement System of Texas has approved a commitment of $150m ($101.4m euros) into the Stratford Land Fund III commingled fund, as there is now less appetite for building physical developments.

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    Apartments hit most by market shift – Pramerica

    2007-11-26T10:30:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Pramerica Real Estate Investors is predicting the apartment market will be the most affected of all major property types by the recent changes in the residential housing and credit markets.

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    US pensions shift further into structured finance

    2007-11-26T10:00:00Z

    UNITED STATES – Increased pension fund capital in the United States is expected to flow into structured finance over the coming months, following moves by two schemes to invest in the sector.