Latest reports – Page 2654
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Danish FSA calls on pension funds to clarify valuation of alternatives
DENMARK – Watchdog gives schemes until middle of year to spell out how they value alternative investments.
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PropertyEU Archive
Top Deals 2012: Norges heads 2012 ranking
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund took the investment crown last year with German players also beefing up their weight Norway’s sovereign wealth fund tops PropertyEU’s ranking of top investors by total transaction volume in 2012. The SWF chalked up a transaction volume of more than €2.6 bn over ...
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Allianz and Tristan consortium buys Warsaw Financial Center
A consortium of Allianz Real Estate and Tristan Capital Partners is acquiring the Warsaw Financial Center (WFC) for about EUR 210 mln. The vendors are Vienna-listed real estate company CA Immo and international investment manager Pramerica Real Estate Investors. They each hold a 50% share in the tower high-rise office ...
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Top Deals 2012: Investors cling to the core
Big Three Western European markets take 70% slice of investment pie Cross-border investors continued to play it safe in 2012, focusing mainly on the Big Three Western European markets - the UK, Germany and France. Aside from Poland and Russia, investment dried up across Central and ...
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Column: Same destination, better directions
December 2008 marked a milestone for the non-listed real estate funds industry. The introduction of the INREV Guidelines established the code of conduct for professional standards as a crucial first step towards greater cohesion and consistency. It had always been our intention to review and update the guidelines after three ...
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DEAL WATCH 2012: End-of-year deal flurry
A slew of big-ticket deals in the final weeks of 2012 came after a lacklustre Q3 which saw risk-averse investors tread water Prologis proved the finish is more important than the start when it rounded off a year of ups and downs by sealing a 50:50 joint ...
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Outlook 2013: German cities outperform as safe havens
Investors will continue to head for German safe-haven cities in 2013, according to the ULI/PwC Emerging Trends report. Munich, Berlin and Hamburg all feature in the top 5 cities for existing property investments as investors search for dependable locations that can withstand economic turbulence.
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Top Deals 2012: Office transactions trump retail
Niche infrastructure-type assets become more attractive Large cross-border real estate investors focused on best-in-class office properties in stable locations in 2012 to lock in revenue streams.
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Interview: Pursuing the daily shopper
Retailers which succeed in drawing in the daily shopper are the key to growth and should be pampered, says French mall operator Klépierre A sharper focus on retail, further deleveraging and continued diversification of its financial sources are what lie in store for French REIT Klépierre in ...
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PropertyEU Archive
Industry leaders/Outlook 2013: Forecast 2013
PropertyEU asked six leading European real estate organisations to give their views on the challenges facing them and their members in the year ahead. Despite the downturn and weak industry sentiment - some even say because of it - all six have increased their membership over the past year and ...
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Hansteen acquires €73m industrial portfolio
Hansteen acquires a portfolio of multi-let industrial estates in the UK.
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US roundup: Los Angeles Fire and Police, Teacher Retirement System of Texas
NORTH AMERICA – LA Fire and Police approves two new real estate commitments totalling $90m.
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Austria's Immofinanz mulling IPO for residential property portfolio
AUSTRIA – Potential listing comes after company sees net profit decline by 61%.
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Universities Superannuation Scheme buys Brisbane airport rail link
UK – Deal marks third infrastructure deal in Australia, as scheme looks to invest further £2bn.
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Hong Kong regulator concerned by property price 'disconnect'
ASIA – Regulator notes income growth unable to keep pace with property price rise.
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PropertyEU Archive
Vastned sells EUR 60m in non-core assets
Listed European retail property fund Vastned said it is selling over EUR 60 mln in non-core retail property in the Netherlands, Belgium and France, mostly to private investors.
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Pbb refinances EUR 495m facility in Nordics
German financier pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank has provided a SEK 4.3 bn (EUR 495 mln) facility to 43 subsidiaries of Swedish listed real estate company Sagax.
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F&C, Area snap up Carlisle mall for EUR 80m
F&C REIT and Area Property Partners have completed the acquisition of The Lanes Shopping Centre in the UK city of Carlisle in a club deal. The investment volume totalling £65 mln (EUR 80 mln) reflects a net initial yield of 7.7%.
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NewRiver-Pimco JV to buy 5 UK malls at 9.7% yield
UK REIT NewRiver Retail and global investment manager Pimco have teamed up to acquire a portfolio of five shopping centres in the UK from Zurich Assurance. The investment volume for the secondary market assets comes to £85 mln (EUR 104 mln), reflecting a net initial yield of 9.7%.
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Conwert buys majority stake in German resi firm KWG
Austrian listed property investor Conwert Immobilien has purchased a stake of around 60% in Hamburg-based residential company Kommunale Wohnen AG (KWG), which manages some 9,700 units in Germany.
