All Real Assets articles in June 2009 (Online) – Page 2
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NewsUK commercial loans at risk of covenant breach
UK – More than three-quarters of UK commercial real estate loans could be in breach of their loan to value (LTV) covenants and there could be up to £50bn (€57bn) of negative equity in the market, according to William Newsom, head of valuation at Savills.
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NewsLewis moves onto next venture
EUROPE – Ric Lewis has left AEW Europe but will continue to advise two of its institutional real estate funds from the helm of new fund management company Tristan Capital Partners.
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NewsKansas PERS expands into infrastructure
UNITED STATES - Kansas Public Employees Retirement System has made its first ever investment in infrastructure with a $50m (€35.2m) commitment into the Brookfield Americas Infrastructure Fund.
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NewsGermany overtakes UK as biggest European market – IPD
EUROPE - The UK has dropped from second to fourth ranking in the global market, according to IPD.
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NewsMark turmoil encourages AlaskaPerm to rethink weightings
UNITED STATES - The Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation has increased its targeted allocation to real estate from 10% to 13%, to help cope with the impact of the financial markets crisis on its portfolio.
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NewsInvestor alignment could solve 'diversity' problems
GLOBAL - The common practice of having diverse investor bases in real estate funds poses significant challenges for pension funds’ due diligence, delegates heard at IPE Real Estate’s Investor Forum in Amsterdam last week.
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NewsBPF Bouw alters real estate strategy
NETHERLANDS – BPF Bouw, the €24.2bn pension fund for the Dutch building industry, plans to increase the size of its global indirect real estate portfolio but in doing so will aim for a greater weighting to European markets and core investments with little or no leverage.
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NewsImpact of governance unclear in market downturn
GLOBAL - Speakers at the IPE Real Estate Investor Forum in Amsterdam last week were split over the degree to which the quality of pension fund governance has affected investment performance during the current market downturn.
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NewsIPD unveils its first US property index
GLOBAL - IPD, the provider of real estate performance analysis and benchmarking, had added US coverage to its range of country coverage with the launch of its first annual commercial real estate index and quarterly indicator for the United States.
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NewsUS recovery to be a slow haul - ING
UNITED STATES - ING Clarion Partners has predicted there will be no quick recovery of the US real estate markets.
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NewsTexas Employees signs real estate consultant
UNITED STATES - Texas Employees Retirement System has selected RV Kuhns & Associates as its first ever real estate consultant.
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