Latest Investors News – Page 560
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Germany more attractive than UK, capital raising improves – INREV
Country overtakes UK as the preferred location for investment in non-listed real estate.
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Rockspring sets up Amsterdam base, targets Dutch retail
Appoints Laurien Van Wieringen to head up first operation in the Netherlands.
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JP Morgan launches opportunistic real estate firm
Builds business in the US and hires Investcorp's John Fraser to head the enterprise.
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Specialist funds outperform UK market in 2010 – IPD
Returned 18.8% in 2010, outperforming rest of the market by 400 basis points.
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'Diversification threshold' for Europe is seven, says Invesco Real Estate
EUROPE – Having more than seven markets in a pan-European portfolio will not bring additional diversification, according Robert Stolfo, director of business development at Invesco Real Estate.
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Real estate risk profile 'more important' than geography
Geography will cease to be the main factor of real estate funds in the future, an online audience was told during IP Real Estate's latest webcast.
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APG puts weight behind Philippines property developer
GLOBAL – The €266bn Dutch pension asset manager APG has invested P2.25bn (€37.2m) in a Philippines real estate developer.
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USAA enters $400m apartment joint venture with Gables
GLOBAL – USAA Real Estate Company and Gables Residential Trust have formed a joint venture for the acquisition and development of apartments in the US worth a combined $400m (€295m).
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San Diego City to boost non-core real estate exposure
GLOBAL – The San Diego City Employees' Retirement System is set to increase its non-core exposure to real estate by $60m (€44.6m) over the next few years.
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Savills highlights opportunity in Brussels leasing market
BRUSSELS – Investors should target Belgian real estate investments with three to five-year lease maturities, according to Savills.
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UK posts double-digit returns, Japan continues to fall – IPD
GLOBAL – The commercial real estate market in the UK recorded the strongest returns for four years in 2010, while the market in Japan continues to suffer after two and half years of falling capital values, according to the latest data from Investment Property Databank (IPD).
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Global real estate investment surges by more than 50%
GLOBAL – Global real estate investment activity recovered to pre-crisis levels at the end of last year, and Europe and the US have seen the strongest rebounds, according to the latest figures.
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Maine PERS board approves $75m commitment to debt fund
GLOBAL – The Maine Public Employees Retirement System has agreed to commit $75m (€56.4m) for the H/2 Credit Partners LP.
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Invesco boosts real estate assets with AIG deal
ASIA – Invesco Real Estate has taken over AIG Real Estate's Asian fund and asset management business, with around €2.7bn in assets under management and 60 employees.
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ING REIM confirms sale talks, CBRE tipped as front-runner
GLOBAL – ING Real Estate Investment Management has confirmed it is in discussions with "several parties" on a possible sale of parts of its business after media reports claimed CBRE was the front-runner in the bidding process.
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ING Clarion buys mixed use property in New York City
GLOBAL – ING Clarion Partners has bought the 90,000 square foot 636 Avenue of the Americas in New York City in a deal worth $42.5m (€32m).
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Finland's Varma to scale back domestic real estate investment
FINLAND – Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company is expected to slow its domestic real estate investment programme in 2011, following two years of intense activity, citing rising vacancies and an influx of foreign investors.
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German roundup: AXA IM, infrastructure, Fleischhauer, Hoyer & Partner
GERMANY – Out of Germany's 156 institutional investors, Pensionskassen were the only ones to identify direct real estate holdings as more risky than indirect investments in a survey commissioned by AXA Investment Managers.
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SPMS awards Aviva Investors €350m property mandate
GLOBAL – The €5.5bn occupation pension fund for Dutch medical consultants (SPMS) has appointed UK firm Aviva Investors as manager of its unlisted property.
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Arbuthnot UK real estate team enters JV with AEW Europe
UK – The UK real estate team of Arbuthnot Real Estate Investment Management (ArbreIM) has left the company to form a new joint venture business with AEW Europe.
