All articles by Jonathan Williams – Page 7
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TIAA-CREF buys UK shopping centre from Grosvenor fund
GLOBAL – Deal fits with strategy to invest in high-quality, 'regionally dominant' shopping centres.
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Nordic roundup: JØP, PBU, NREP, Aberdeen Asset Management
EUROPE – Danish pension funds back Nordic food retail fund targeting 12-13% returns.
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UK coal schemes to buy controlling stake in property company
UK – Restructuring will also see pension deficit reduction payments suspended for two years.
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TIAA-CREF grows timberland ownership with GreenWood acquisition
UNITED STATES – US institution buys majority stake in timberland manager.
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US roundup: New York State Teachers Retirement System, Kansas PERS
UNITED STATES – New York State Teachers Retirement System makes opportunistic investments.
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Infrastructure guarantees could create 'radically new' financing
UK – KPMG positive about government guarantee scheme for 'nationally significant' infrastructure.
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NAPF, PPF welcome £40bn infrastructure guarantee
Chancellor of exchequer announces plans to underwrite 'significant' projects.
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Henderson Property acquires Horizon's French business
Deal comes as part of Henderson's attempt to double French assets under management by 2015.
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RBS pension fund appoints Hastings to oversee infrastructure
Australian firm to manage core infrastructure investments in UK, other select OECD countries.
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Friday people roundup
PFA, Allianz, BlackRock, L&G, GSW Immobilien, NCC, Real Estate Roundtable, Yielco, Fair Value
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Thursday people roundup
GLOBAL – BPF, Henderson, Brookfield, Wainbridge, Valad Europe, Icon Infrastructure.
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DC pension funds must 'accept' illiquidity of real estate
Invesco Real Estate Europe dismisses idea that all DC assets need to be liquid.
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Real estate investors warn of regulatory 'wall of debt'
Managers warn of negative impact incoming regulation is already having on deals.
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Investors should 'step up' emerging market property investment – CPPIB
Emerging markets a key reason for CPPIB's increased exposure to asset class, European head says.
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Real estate becoming 'forgotten' asset class in defined contribution world
Goldman Sachs AM says DB pension funds should consider real estate as part of LDI strategies.
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Pricoa completes first UK senior loan deal
Prudential mortgage lending business to lend £70m against portfolio of UK offices, retail units.
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Dutch regulator casts doubt on added value of alternative assets
Pension funds must do more to examine cost/return ratio of alternatives, watchdog says.
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Norway oil fund excludes Israeli firm over occupied territory activity
Pension Fund Global blacklists company after it fails to engage over settlements in West Bank.
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Palmer Capital subsidiary to acquire Invista REIM
Invista board to sell to Palmer, with deal funded through loan from Townsend Group.
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Strathclyde agrees 'in principle' to back UK infrastructure vehicle
Pension fund open to providing £100m to platform being developed by NAPF.
