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    ING shuffles European managers for healthcare launch

    2008-03-17T15:30:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - ING Real Estate Investment Management (ING REIM) has shuffled its European management team ahead of the launch of the firm’s first healthcare property fund.

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    Snippe resigns from Philips scheme’s board

    2008-03-17T11:00:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - Jan Snippe, member of the management board of the €14.6bn Philips pension fund has resigned, a company spokesman has confirmed.

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    New player to enter 'B-Class' real estate

    2008-03-14T12:29:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Former principals of Somera Capital Management have created a new player in the real estate manager market called Pacific Retail Capital Partners

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    Arizona State cuts follow-ons to limit market impact

    2008-03-06T17:01:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Arizona State Retirement System is cutting back on its follow-on commitments to existing real estate investments but still diversifying some assets to prevent ‘denominator’ damage of over-allocation.

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    Virginia to ups its real estate potential

    2008-03-06T16:52:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Virginia Retirement System has approved a policy to increase its real estate allocation from 7% to 10%.

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    Dubai wealth fund offers €3.1bn for Colonial

    2008-03-03T16:38:00Z

    GLOBAL – Sovereign wealth fund the Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD) is seeking approval from two major shareholders in Colonial for its €3.1bn offer for the Spanish property firm.

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    Norway appoints Partners Group for real estate advice

    2008-03-03T14:00:00Z

    NORWAY – The Norwegian Ministry of Finance has appointed PartnersGroup to provide real estate consultancy services to the NOK 2.1trn(€265bn) Government Pension Fund - Global.

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    Russell Investments adds real estate staff

    2008-02-21T17:34:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Russell Investments has expanded its real estate staff with the hiring of Dawne Clark as a portfolio manager.

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    Join us in Berlin for IPE Real Estate Awards 2008

    2008-02-21T17:21:00Z

    EUROPE - The 4th IPE Real Estate Investor Forum & Awards will take place in Berlin on Thursday 22 & Friday 23 May 2008, and pension funds are now being invited to join us for this important gathering.

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    RV Kuhns adds real estate presence

    2008-01-28T17:00:00Z

    UNITED STATES - RV Kuhns & Associates has become the latest general investment consultant in the United States to have its own real estate team.

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    Courtland arrival firms West Coast division

    2007-12-17T17:38:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Courtland Partners has hired Lou Canlas as a principal to boost its pension fund real estate consulting operations on the West Coast.

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    Spikker leaves PGGM for ABP

    2007-12-10T17:30:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - PGGM’s Hans Spikker is to join ABP at the end of 2007 as manager of its non-listed European real estate portfolio.

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    Henderson names first German client relationship team

    2007-12-10T17:29:00Z

    GERMANY – Sylvia Seeger has been named as the first German-language client relationship manager at Henderson’s German operations in Frankfurt.

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    Texas Teachers to grow real estate staff

    2007-12-10T17:19:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Teacher Retirement System of Texas is looking to grow its real estate staff as it mover closer to its 10% allocation for real estate.

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    Brookfield expansion targets REITs

    2007-12-03T16:57:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Brookfield Asset Management has moved into the REIT management business with the acquisition of KG Redding.

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    CalPERS drops RREEF after key staff losses

    2007-11-26T13:00:00Z

    UNITED STATES – RREEF has lost the contract to manage California Public Employees Retirement System’s CalWest Industrial Investors LLC separate account following the departure of several key officials earlier this year.

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    Director arrested in Philips pensions fraud

    2007-11-19T17:32:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - Dutch fraud police have arrested the former and current directors of real estate at PREIM, the real estate arm of the €14.5bn Philips pension fund, as part of their investigation into fraud connected with the scheme’s property portfolio.

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    Norway seeks real estate expertise

    2007-11-12T17:20:00Z

    NORWAY – The Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global has effectively confirmed its intention to invest in real estate by tendering for a real estate investment consultant.

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    DTZ strikes oil with Canada buy

    2007-11-12T17:10:00Z

    CANADA - As Canadian pension funds continue to invest aggressively in overseas infrastructure, DTZ has announced it is entering the market through the CA$31m (€22.5m) acquisition of property services firm JJ Barnicke.

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    Frequin quits Blue Sky for Goodman

    2007-11-05T17:50:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - Blue Sky Group, the fund manager for three KLM pension funds collectively worth more than €10bn, has lost fund manager Hidde Frequin just five months after he joined.