Latest Alternatives News – Page 111
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New Mexico earmarks $150m for real estate, timber investment
NORTH AMERICA – New Mexico State Investment Council awards mandates to Rockpoint, Brookfield.
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German institutional investors dump bonds, shift towards real estate
GERMANY – Independent surveys by Union, Universal show increase in alternatives at expense of fixed income.
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Disappointing returns forcing lenders out of mezzanine market
GLOBAL – CBRE report notes departure of five family offices returning to direct market.
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Forget private equity – go into debt, Manns tells future managers
EUROPE – Europa Capital principal warns students that private equity boom 'is over'.
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Irish Life sells 17% stake in NAMAIL to UK-based Walbrook
IRELAND – Deal allows Irish government to remove risky-loan vehicle from books.
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Insurance model to open riskier CEE markets to pension funds
GLOBAL – First non-US insurer to offer Lloyds-backed title insurance across European markets.
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UK pension funds should 'shun' commercial property for alternatives
UK – Expert at IPD alternatives conference says investors should target 'population' opportunities.
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Separate account pension funds at mercy of 'idiot' property operators
EUROPE – Alternatives manager warns schemes lacking nous to identify credible partners.
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Investors target UK industrial despite no income growth, risks
UK – Investors targeting UK multi-let assets in search for inflation-adjusted returns.
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AXA REIM to launch €1.5bn alternatives platform
EUROPE – Plans to grow alternative assets under management from €740m to €1.5bn by 2015.
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CalPERS 'cannot compete' with cheap finance on infrastructure
NORTH AMERICA – Pension fund agreed last September to invest $800m in California infrastructure.
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Dutch schemes would consider securitised mortgages – APG
NETHERLANDS – CIO recommends creation of national bank offering mortgages with government guarantee.
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New Jersey OKs $350m separate account for real estate
NORTH AMERICA – Account for New Jersey Division of Investment to be managed by TPG.
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US roundup: Montana, San Francisco, New Mexico, Maine
NORTH AMERICA – Montana State Board earmarks $138m for real estate over next 12 months.
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Bouwinvest brings listed real estate into fully integrated portfolio
NETHERLANDS – BPF Bouw pension fund increases REIT exposure to 'fill in holes'.
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PensionDanmark commits €800m to infrastructure fund
DENMARK – Danish scheme's total allocation to asset class climbs to 10% of assets.
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Blackstone raises $13.3bn for opportunistic real estate fund
NORTH AMERICA – Manager raises capital with support of 250 investors worldwide.
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German, Austrian investors back logistics, renewable energy funds
EUROPE – Energy infrastructure fund to target wind energy assets, photovoltaics.
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CalPERS hires Canyon Capital for emerging manager programme
NORTH AMERICA – Programme limited to managers with less than $1bn of assets under management.
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Deutsche Pfandbrief heads to Sweden, targets Nordic investors
EUROPE – Scandinavian markets 'stable, mature, transparent and well known', bank says.
