All articles by Julie Henderson – Page 7
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McGuire swaps Edinburgh for London
UK – AXA Real Estate Investment Managers has persuaded Standard Life Investment’s Martin McGuire to leave his property remit at the life office and head up one of its core-plus propositions.
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Pension funds give euro focus to Goodman
EUROPE – Asset management firm Goodman Property Investors has picked up a series of new European real estate mandates from pension funds in recent months, the latest of which is from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).
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Lothian pension tenders its real estate
UK – Lothian pension fund is reviewing its real estate investment manager and searching for a firm to handle the fund’s asset allocation.
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Closed-end real estate feels UK pricing pressure
UK – Investment trust managers predict UK investors will increasingly turn to overseas real estate to seek diversification in a weakening domestic market.
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Protego taps Almquist to head Nordic growth
SWEDEN - Protego Real Estate Investors has revealed it is expanding into the Nordic market with the appointment of Lars Almquist to head its new Stockholm office.
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'Strategic' greenfields tap into residential potential
UK – Pension funds seeking slightly higher returns on real estate portfolios are being encouraged to turn their attention to ‘strategic land’ investments in greenfield developments.
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IVG plans office move into G-Reit
GERMANY – German real estate investment firm IVG Immobilien is expecting to convert its office assets into a real estate investment trust (Reit) but not before Spring 2008, according to the firm’s first half financial results. Details ...
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Market slowdown bring unitised redemptions
UK – Returns on pooled property remain strong but there was a significant increase in the outflow of money from UK property funds in the second quarter of this year, according to figures from the Association of Real Estate Funds (AREF). Infl...
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Morgan Stanley buys a place in assisted homes
UK - Asset manager Morgan Stanley is moving into the UK senior living space through a joint venture worth $1.1bn with established real estate services firm Sunrise Senior Living. This is the first such assisted living market deal in the UK a
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European appreciation to slow gains in global property
GLOBAL – Invested real estate market is expected to grow by almost 40% in value over the next five years but the European market is likely to see a reduction is appreciation, according to research presented by RREEF. Details of the latest qu...
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Infrastructure 'moving out of real estate' - RREEF
EUROPE – Pension funds are beginning to regard infrastructure as an asset class in its own right rather than as part its real estate allocation, according to officials at RREEF. John McCarthy, head of RREEF Infrastructure Europe, said Europe...
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Pension funds prompt access to Skandia property
UK – Skandia is adding an institutional share class to its Global Property Securities fund as pension funds are demanding the ability to invest in it. Ryan Hughes, fund manager at Skandia Investment Managers Limited (SIML), said pension fund...
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PAIFs to match REITs tax status
UK – Pension funds and charities will no longer face a tax penalty if they invest in UK property authorised investment funds (PAIFs) from next year as government reforms will give the investments tax status equal to real estate investment trust...
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LPFA moves property from UTs to mandate
UK - The London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) has appointed ING Real Estate to manage a £150m global property mandate. Philip Jones, investment manager at LPFA – which administers the pensions assets for 783,000 pension fund members &#...
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Pension funds take careful steps with real estate
EUROPE - Pension funds may display more caution in their real estate investment decisions over the coming months because of emerging signs of a slowdown in yield returns. Hans Op’t Veld, senior investment strategist for structured investment...
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MagazineSub-prime wake-up call instils discipline
A strong real estate market and a tightening of loan criteria have brought new optimism, coupled with new conservatism, Stephanie Schwartz-Driver finds
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Reed Smith targets Europe with DLA finance hire
UK - Terry Green is leaving London law firm DLA Piper to head up a major push into Europe for rival real estate lawyers Reed Smith Richards Butler. Speaking to IPE Real Estate earlier today, Green confirmed he will be leaving DLA Piper’s rea...
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China real estate AIMs for London listing
UK-CHINA - A former Watson Wyatt pensions adviser is a key member of a team seeking a London stock exchange listing for a Chinese real estate company. Stuart Leckie, former chairman of Watson Wyatt in Asia and founding chairman of the Hong Kong Re...
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RREEF gains space in Norwegian joint venture
NORWAY - RREEF is expanding its presence further into the Nordic region through a joint venture purchase of its first Oslo-based office block. The real estate subsidiary of Deutsche Bank has signed a joint venture with Norwegian-based real estate ...
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Mercer calls for earlier selection input
EUROPE - Pension funds seeking real estate fund managers need to get involved in selection process discussions at an earlier stage because the bespoke nature of mandates is becoming more complicated, according to consultants Mercer. Greg Wright, p...
