All articles by Jon Peterson – Page 26
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Ohio Police and Fire quenches real estate blaze
UNITED STATES - Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund has found it can only allocate $50m (€36.1bn) to real estate investing for the entire of 2009.
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Investment options widened by CalPERS
UNITED STATES - California Public Employees Retirement System has approved a temporary new allocation range for real estate, and selected consultants for both timberland and infrastructure investing.
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Iowa PERS withholds new capital
UNITED STATES - Iowa Public Employees Retirement System has decided not to allocate any new capital for real estate investing into the 2009 calendar year.
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Morgan Stanley exits separate accounts
UNITED STATES - Morgan Stanley Real Estate is pulling out of the separate account business.
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Chicago Teachers to redeem commingled real estate
UNITED STATES - Public School Teachers’ Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago is issuing redemption queues on all of its open-ended commingled funds.
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CalSTRS awards capital to existing managers
UNITED STATES - California State Teachers Retirement System has bucked the trend and issued new capital to real estate managers, to could be used for potential investment in 2009.
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Diebold’s pension moves into real estate
UNITED STATES - Diebold Corporation’s $450m (€356.5m) defined benefit pension fund has made its first move into real estate investment and made a $10m commitment to JP Morgan’s open-ended Strategic property fund.
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Texas Teachers considers mezzanine debt
UNITED STATES - Teacher Retirement System of Texas may be one the of few US pension funds to make a major investment this as officials are thinking of investing $150m (€116.9m) in mezzanine debt.
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Oregon to follow on Guggenheim fund
UNITED STATES - Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund has approved a $100m (€78.6m) commitment into the Guggenheim Fund II(a),which follows a fund launched in 2006.
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Oregon to follow on Guggenheim fund
UNITED STATES - Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund has approved a $100m (€78.6m) commitment into the Guggenheim Fund II(a),which follows a fund launched in 2006.
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CalSTRS forced to expand allocation limits
US – The California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) has temporarily increased its real estate allocation range to prevent the need to sell assets during a downturn.
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NYSTRS invests in warehousing and debt
UNITED STATES – New York State Teachers’ Retirement System (NYSTRS) has added to its real estate portfolio by investing in an industrial commingled fund and by making several investments in debt real estate.
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Tennessee Consolidated extends manager relations
UNITED STATES - Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System is beefing up the range of separate account real estate managers it invests with.
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Texas Teachers commits €200m to Europe
UNITED STATES - Teacher Retirement System of Texas has approved a €200m commitment to the Blackstone Real Estate Partners Europe III commingled fund.
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Santa Barbara County plans international expansion
UNITED STATES - Santa Barbara County Employees’ Retirement Association is looking at expanding into international real estate for the first time.
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CalSTRS to stick with changing First Industrial
UNITED STATES - California State Teachers Retirement System anticipates its relationship with First Industrial Realty Trust will not be affected by a major change in the firm’s upper management.
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Sacramento County puts manager search on hold
UNITED STATES - Sacramento County Employees’ Retirement System has put plans to conduct a new manager search on hold until at least the first quarter of next year.
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Townsend retains its job in San Diego
UNITED STATES - San Diego City Employees’ Retirement System has chosen to retain The Townsend Group remain as its real estate consultant.
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Alameda County opts out of JP Morgan commingled fund
UNITED STATES - Alameda County Employees Retirement Association has decided it wants to pull out of its commitment to JP Morgan’s Alternative Property Fund.
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Ohio PERS grabs opportunity to look beyond the value-add
UNITED STATES - Ohio Public Employees Retirement System will be shifting some of its investment capital in real estate to an opportunistic strategy in a bid to tap the little investment likely to surface over coming months.
