Latest reports – Page 2965
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Magazine
High-rise investment
The real estate exposure of Austrian pension funds has increased over the past few years, but it might have reached a ceiling for now. They have ventured far enough to avoid confined or crowded markets, Barbara Ottawa finds
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Home strategy
Swiss pension funds are still mainly invested in domestic real estate and there are no signs of this changing despite some experts calling for more diversification. Barbara Ottawa finds out why
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A strengthening case
Real estate investment remains strong, due partly to inflation concerns, says Frank Schnattinger, who presents findings from his latest survey of German investors
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Varied appetites as regulation looms
Investment activity by insurance companies has been hit hard by uncertainty over Solvency II, but many pension funds are showing a healthy risk appetite and are enjoying more choice and better terms, as Gail Moss reports
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Who’s afraid of Solvency II?
As the countdown to Solvency II begins, the general consensus among institutional investors is that the new regime that comes into force in December 2012 will have few adverse effects on real estate investment as it is not directly aimed at the asset class. The feeling is that in the ...
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Deflated expectations
Recent evidence that property doesn’t necessarily offer an inflation hedge is getting through to pension funds, says Shayla Walmsley
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Business as usual?
The US is leading the CMBS recovery, with a significant increase in activity this year, while larger, more complex multi-borrower structures are making a comeback. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports
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PropertyEU Archive
Portico signs up Euronics for Hungarian retail park projects
CEE real estate investor and developer Portico Investments has secured Euronics as tenant for two retail units in its Budaörs and Budakalász retail park developments in Hungary. Euronics Vöröskõ Kft, the local unit of the electronic giant, has agreed to take 4,300 m[sup]2[/sup] of retail space in the properties, representing ...
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PropertyEU Archive
Dominique Ozanne named CEO of Foncière des Murs
Foncière des Murs (FdM), the hospitality arm of Fonciere des Regions, said on Thursday that it has appointed Dominique Ozanne as new Chief Executive, following the resignation of Yan Perchet.
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PropertyEU Archive
Lend Lease appoints new head of business development
Lend Lease, one of the main integrated property solutions provider, has appointed Hugh Porter as head of business development for the project management and construction business in the EMEA region. He will be responsible with identifying new market segments and developing market penetration strategies and delivery plans.
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PropertyEU Archive
LaSalle gets EUR 140m from US pension fund
LaSalle Investment Management (LaSalle) has received $200 mln (EUR 140 mln) in a second round of equity capital from the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) to invest in real estate co-investment opportunities around the globe.
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PropertyEU Archive
Universal hires new managing director
Frankfurt-based fund manager Universal-Investment has hired Alexander Tannenbaum of Aberdeen Property Investors (API) as managing director. In this function he will spearhead Universal’s efforts to launch its first institutional property fund by autumn 2011. The company plans to enter the institutional property fund market and is targeting a 15% market ...
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PropertyEU Archive
'Retail developers should become more daring'
Developers need to be more daring with their shopping centre concepts to attract and keep the interest of the public, a leading retail specialist has suggested.
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PropertyEU Archive
Minerva confirms £194m cash offer
London-listed property company Minerva has announced details of a possible 120.5 pence in cash takeover offer from a consortium of funds advised by Area Property Partners and a subsidiary of DV4 Limited, which is advised by Delancey Real Estate Asset Management.
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PropertyEU Archive
EMEA hotel deals up 160% in Q1 2011: JLL
The hotel investment market in EMEA appears to be on the path to recovery as a result of improving investor confidence, according to Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels' latest Hotel Investor Sentiment Survey.
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PropertyEU Archive
WGF appoints two new managers
Germany's WGF Financial Group has hired Hans-Dieter Martin and Walter J. Helbach to operate WGF Immobilien Investment, its new affiliated capital investment company.
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PropertyEU Archive
Pfandbrief Banks launch new indices for German offices
The Association of German Pfandbrief Banks (VDP) has launched new indices for the German office market to help increase transparency in the market.
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PropertyEU Archive
WGF gets green light for spezialfonds arm
Germany's WGF Financial Group said on Wednesday that it has received the permission to operate a capital investment company, WGF Immobilien Investment, or KAG, from the German Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin).
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PropertyEU Archive
Aik buys Leed-certified scheme in Leipzig
German asset manager APO Immobilien-Kapitalanlagegesellschaft (AIK) has acquired the Katharinum mixed-use scheme a week after it opened in the German city of Leipzig.
