Latest Investors News – Page 594
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EC to regulate alternatives managers worth over €250m
EUROPE - Managers of hedge funds, private equity and real estate funds would escape regulation under a proposed European Commission directive targeting alternative investment fund managers, if their assets under management total less than €250m.
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Texas Teachers to invest $475m in LLPs
UNITED STATES - Teacher Retirement System of Texas is in the process of setting up two limited partnership funds with assets of $475m (€358.1m) which could make it the only pension fund investor.
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Western Europe favoured in real estate trading
EUROPE - Investment activity in European commercial real estate was down significantly in the first quarter of 2009, especially in central and eastern Europe (CEE), although the retail sector saw stronger transaction volumes, according to property agencies.
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Pension funds advised to look to real estate
UK – UK pension funds seeking inflation-hedging investments should look to their domestic real estate market in the current economic uncertainty, according to Legal & General Property (LGP).
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AP3 completes venture into public real estate
SWEDEN – Tredje AP-fonden (AP3), the Third Swedish National Pension Fund, has completed the purchase of a 50% stake in Hemsö a subsidiary of the real estate firm Kungsleden AB.
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LA Fire and Police burns Adelante deal
UNITED STATES - Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions has ended its relationship with Adelante Capital Management as a REIT manager after the firm massively underperformed its benchmark.
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Swiss pension funds buy Schroders lease
SWITZERLAND/UK – AFIAA, the Swiss real estate investment adviser for state pension funds, has purchased the long leasehold on Schroders’ London headquarters for £70m (€76.5m).
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Pension funds pursue Gatwick purchase
UK – Major Canadian and British funds are understood to be one step closer in their rivalry to purchase London’s Gatwick airport after the Competition Commission ordered the British Airports Authority (BAA) to sell three of its airports within the next two years.
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Abbey buys its London HQ
UK – British Land has sold Abbey’s London headquarters to the banking giant for £115m (€126.4m).
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IPD claims German buoyancy may attract investors
GERMANY – The IPD Germany Annual Property Index showed Germany’s property returns proved more resilient during the downturn than most European real estate markets – a situation which the body argues is likely to draw more institutional investors into the market.
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Norway-Global faces delay on real estate move
NORWAY – The Government Pension Fund – Global has warned market conditions and the need for new rules means it is unlikely to reach its 5% allocation to real estate for "several years".
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Kesko sign sale-and-leaseback deal with pension fund
FINLAND – The Kesko Pension Fund has bought four retail properties for €50m from the Finnish trading company Kesko Group.
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Pensions investors enticed by Catalyst opportunities
EUROPE – Catalyst Capital LLP, a European investment and asset management firm, has secured the support of major institutional investors for its €228.5m pan-European property fund.
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OMERS tracks long-term gains with railway top-up
CANADA – Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) has increased its stake in a rail infrastructure project in Detroit, to become the majority owner.
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CPP to invest in real estate through bonds issuance
CANADA - The Canada Pension Plan Investment (CPPIB) Board is planning to issue up to C$5bn (€3bn) in fixed income paper over the next two years to help the pension fund invest in real estate and infrastructure.
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Dallas Police & Fire strengthen infrastructure
US –The Dallas Police and Fire Pension System has invested in a $4bn (€3.01bn) state of the art highway infrastructure system in Dallas, bolstering domestic investments.
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Real estate position to double for Jacksonville PF
US – The Jacksonville Police and Fire pension fund plans to double its real estate allocation once it gets the all-clear from the state legislator.
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New York PF hedges its bets on real estate
US – The New York State Common Retirement Fund (CRF) announced on Friday it closed $238.2m (€178.8m) of real estate hedge fund transactions last month.
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Asia more willing to embrace sustainability - study
ASIA PACIFIC – Corporate real estate professionals in Asia Pacific are more eager to continue investing in sustainability than their global peers, according to a survey by Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) and CoreNet Global.
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Hypo RE falls under state control
GERMANY – The German government has taken an 8.7% stake in Hypo Real Estate in its first step to taking full control and bringing stability to the Group.
