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PropertyEU Archive
'New Europe' more transparent than other emerging markets - JLL
'New Europe' is at the forefront of transparency compared to other emerging markets, Jones Lang LaSalle has said in its latest Real Estate Transparency Index.
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PropertyEU Archive
Paul Myers leaves Land Secs to become 'City' minister in UK
Paul Myners has stepped down 'with immediate effect' as director and chairman of Land Securities to take up the post of Under Secretary of State and Minister for the City at the UK Government's Treasury department. Land Securities, the largest real estate investment trust (REIT) in the UK, announced Myer's ...
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PropertyEU Archive
New Hahn German retail fund buys EUR 240m portfolio
The newly launched Hahn FCP-FIS German Retail Fund is to acquire a portfolio of 10 retail properties for EUR 240 mln. The fund's investment committee decided in mid-September to acquire the German properties secured by the Hahn Group after the fund registered equity commitments of EUR 125 mln for the ...
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PropertyEU Archive
Europe hotel chains see profits and occupancy drop in August
European chain hotels reported a dismal August with substantial falls in demand and profit, according to the latest report from hotel performance benchmarking firm Hotstats.
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PropertyEU Archive
Behringer Harvard opens European office in Germany
Dallas-based real estate company Behringer Harvard said on Thursday it is opening a European headquarters to expand its global presence. The new office in the German city of Hamburg is expected to begin operating in early October.
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PropertyEU Archive
Russian developers 'most vulnerable' to credit crunch - Fitch
Russian property development companies are likely to be among the worst hit by the deteriorating financing environment, Fitch Ratings said this week.
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Swiss funds still favour real estate
SWITZERLAND – Nine out of 10 Swiss pensions funds are indirectly invested in real estate while the majority also directly invest in the market, according to research from real estate investment specialist Sal Oppenheim.
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CalSTRS prepares for market turn
UNITED STATES - California State Teachers Retirement System is investing capital with existing real estate managers so these firms will have capital ready to place in the real estate market when conditions start to improve.
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LA County reins in real estate spending
UNITED STATES - Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association has chosen not to allocate any new capital to real estate for fiscal year 2009 as the fund is now over-allocated to the sector.
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Oregon PERF moves into infrastructure
UNITED STATES - Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund has made its first move into an infrastructure commingled fund and approved a $200m (€140.3m) commitment into the Alinda Infrastructure Fund II.
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New York State takes $450m investment opportunity
UNITED STATES - New York State Common Retirement Fund has approved $450m (€308.2m) of commitments into three opportunity funds, in a bid to generate projected gross IRR of 20%.
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ING Clarion takes its talent to Brazil
UNITED STATES - ING Clarion Partners is tapping its in-house investment expertise and opening a regional investment office in Brazil for the first time.
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MagazineThe pension funds’ dilemma
Pension funds were recently accused of making such excessive demands on fund managers that they effectively talked themselves to the back of the queue. Should they be bargaining at all – and, if they should, is it every scheme for itself?
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MagazineHome or away?
Continental Europe is the obvious next step for UK pension funds keen to diversify their domestic-based portfolios. But, as Richard Lowe discovers, its deteriorating outlook has strengthened the case for ‘going global’ while many are seeking opportunities at home
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MagazineCalm in the storm
The turmoil has not fazed investors that are considering an increasingly broad range of investment options. The consultant perspective of a largely UK-based investor client base is provided by Greg Wright
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MagazineVariations on a catch-up theme
CEE pension fund allocations to real estate are still small compared with those of their western European counterparts as the region’s pensions property patchwork gets to grips with the asset class.
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Seize the opportunity
US investors have increased their sophistication in real estate investing – more private real estate, a greater risk appetite and use of synthetic investment tools.
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MagazineInside job
Pension funds are losing property talent to fund managers. But will pay promises be enough to keep them? Shayla Walmsley finds out
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PropertyEU Archive
Kungsleden acquires two public properties
Listed Swedish property company Kungsleden said it had entered an agreement with construction and civil engineering corporation Peab to acquire two public properties with a total lettable floor-space of 7,282m[sup]2[/sup] for SEK 13 mln (EUR 1.34 mln). The properties, which are currently under construction, are located near Stockholm. Kungsleden is ...
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PropertyEU Archive
GPT Halverton buys for EUR 65m from White Estates
European real estate investment manager GPT Halverton has acquired six properties in the Netherlands for a total of EUR 65 mln. The seller is a consortium led by Dutch private investor White Estates Investments.
