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  • PropertyEU Archive

    Poland to take centre stage at MIPIM 2010

    2009-12-15T00:00:00Z

    Poland, one of the few European countries that did not go into recession in 2009, will be the guest of honour at the 2010 edition of the MIPIM international real estate fair in Cannes, France next March. Rafal Biniak, vice-minister for Economy in Poland, will present the investment and real ...

  • PropertyEU Archive

    Carlyle Group secures 7,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of lettings in Stockholm

    2009-12-15T00:00:00Z

    Global private equity firm The Carlyle Group has announced the letting of around 7,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of space at its Globen City office and retail scheme close to Stockholm, Sweden. The lettings, which are to both new and existing tenants, follow Carlyle's recent announcement that it had leased 30,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of ...

  • PropertyEU Archive

    Segro sells two assets in France

    2009-12-15T00:00:00Z

    UK logistics property company Segro said it has sold two logistics and business properties in France to two private investors. The financial details of the transactions were not disclosed.

  • PropertyEU Archive

    Deka acquires Munich office project for EUR 75m

    2009-12-15T00:00:00Z

    German investment firm Deka Immobilien has purchased an office project in Munich for an investment volume of EUR 75 mln. The vendor was French property company Icade. The 19,000-m[sup]2[/sup] property is being added to Deka's open-ended real estate fund Deka-ImmobilienEuropa.

  • News

    Asian real estate flourishes ahead of US and Europe

    2009-12-14T17:33:00Z

    ASIA – Real estate markets in the Asia Pacific region have fared better in the aftermath of the global recession than their counterparts in the US and Europe, according to a new report by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

  • News

    CalPERS considers real estate clearout

    2009-12-14T17:28:00Z

    US – California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has, or in is in the process of, sacking a number of real estate managers, according to a report from its advisers Pension Consulting Alliance (PCA).

  • News

    LA Fire and Police raise concerns over real estate performance

    2009-12-14T17:27:00Z

    UNITED STATES- Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions has placed Heitman Capital, Sentinel Real Estate and Urdang Capital on watch after underperforming the pension fund’s benchmark.

  • News

    UK to discuss next step to residential investing

    2009-12-14T17:25:00Z

    UK – The UK government will launch a consultation in 2010 on the private rented residential sector, which has been attracting interest from institutional fund managers and pension funds.

  • News

    Orion’s Europe III captures €1bn

    2009-12-14T17:22:00Z

    EUROPE – Orion Capital Managers has closed the capital raising programme for its latest European opportunity fund, breaking its publicly-stated fundraising target of €1bn.

  • News

    Texas Teachers moves into Pan-Asian real estate

    2009-12-14T17:19:00Z

    UNITED STATES – The Teachers Retirement System of Texas has approved a $150m (€101.2m) into the Fudo Capital Fund II commingled fund, to gain exposure to the Asian real estate market.

  • News

    Fresh Fof expertise decamps to Aviva

    2009-12-14T17:14:00Z

    EUROPE – The transferral of BlackRock’s European fund of funds expertise to Aviva Investors continued last week as fund manager Catriona Allen is the latest to move to the asset manager.

  • Magazine

    Rise to the challenge

    December 2009 (Magazine)

    Determining the hurdle rate is more than just a box-ticking exercise. Be sure to combine the knowledge of acquisitions experts with the skills of risk analysts. Rob Martin and Richard Barkham report

  • The art of prediction
    Magazine

    The art of prediction

    December 2009 (Magazine)

    In today’s market, indicators of real estate performance are more keenly sought then ever before – but how effective are they? Paul Mitchell reports

  • Magazine

    What does the evidence say?

    December 2009 (Magazine)

    The debate about the relative merits of active and passive management of REIT funds continues. Greg MacKinnon examines the research

  • Seen in a new light
    Magazine

    Seen in a new light

    December 2009 (Magazine)

    As the sub-sectors of the US REIT market move in a more homogeneous manner so the potential for diversification within the REIT sector has diminished as Simon Stevenson reports

  • Different strokes
    Magazine

    Different strokes

    December 2009 (Magazine)

    New research asserts that over the long term listed real estate equities are a proxy for direct real estate investment. Steffen Sebastian and Alexander Schätz present their findings

  • How real?
    Magazine

    How real?

    December 2009 (Magazine)

    The research is all very well but out in the market views are mixed, as Shayla Walmsley reports

  • Capital reward
    Magazine

    Capital reward

    December 2009 (Magazine)

    The recent return of capital flows into publicly listed real estate companies could signal that the tide is also turning for the unlisted sector. But which is better placed to capitalise on opportunites? Christine Senior reports

  • Magazine

    New clarity at your fingertips

    December 2009 (Magazine)

    INREV’s new index analysis tool offers a flexible top-down performance measure for the property funds sector and helps investors to compare performance of their non-listed allocations with their specific direct and listed portfolios. Casper Hesp explains

  • Fund managers up their game
    Magazine

    Fund managers up their game

    December 2009 (Magazine)

    With the market conditions still difficult, it is encouraging that the standard and consistency of reporting European non-listed property funds continues to improve, as Andrea Carpenter explains