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AEW breaks through Asia fund capital target
UNITED STATES - AEW Capital Management has topped the original capital-raising set on its first direct real estate Asian investment commingled fund, as pension funds and investors are keen to diversify into new markets.
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Illinois Teachers targets emerging managers real estate programme
UNITED STATES – The Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois is planning to create an emerging manager programme as part of its future real estate investment programme.
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US giant huddles up to London
UK – Mark Wood, managing director of US pension fund giant TIAA-CREF’s global real estate business, has revealed the newly-launched London office is an attempt to “make sure we are as close to the market as we can be.”
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Revalued property drags ING figures down
NETHERLANDS - A revaluation of its Summit portfolio in Canada was the main contributor to an €180m after-tax loss for ING’s property investments in the second quarter of this year, the Dutch bancassurer has revealed
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GPT Halverton lets to Dutch energy firm
GPT Halverton has concluded an agreement to let a 6,000-m[sup]2[/sup] office building to energy group Essent in the Dutch city of Rosmalen for a 10-year term.
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TIAA-CREF hunts real estate via London office
US/UK – The New York-based Teachers Insurance and Annuities Association-College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF), the second largest retirement plan in the US with assets of $420bn (€281bn), has launched its first overseas office in London.
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Quebec extends its Brazilian shopping space
CANADA/BRAZIL – Ivanhoe Investments, the real estate management subsidiary of Canada’s largest pension fund, has boosted its position in Brazil with the purchase of four shopping centres and more than doubled its stake in a local property partner.
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Marcus regenerates the development chair
UK - Ian Marcus, chairman of the European Real Estate Investment Banking at Credit Suisse, is extending his duties in the real estate market and moving into the chairmanship of The Prince’s Regeneration Trust.
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Schroders seeks growth on agricultural land
GLOBAL – Schroders, the asset manager, is hoping to tap into growing global demand for food production by investing in agricultural land.
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Mass PRIM turns to in-house expertise
UNITED STATES – The Massachusettes Pension Reserves Investment Board (Mass PRIM) has appointed an in-house expert to manage over $6bn (€5.5bn) of its assets in real estate and timber.
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Deka’s Westinvest eyes bargains in Lithuania
LITHUANIA – Deka Immobilien, the German asset manager, has shown renewed interest in the Lithuanian retail property market despite inflation pressures on the local economy, by purchasing the Akropolis shopping centre in Vilnius.
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MagazinePushing out the boundaries
The current climate has presented investors with a new set of investment options, not all of which are as clear as one might like.
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MagazineUnited we stand...?
Despite recent successes in co-ordinating efforts, the industry is still too fragmented. Greater coherence would achieve more, argues Liz Peace
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MagazineAsia’s cautious lenders tighten the screw
Most of Asia’s banks are still in the picture having avoided securitised debt during the boom. However, the global bust is making them much more cautious
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MagazineGetting the measure of green
The corporate property industry is keen to tackle the issue of sustainability but has been hindered by fragmentation and lack of coherence. The launch of IPD’s new Environment Code in February represents a significant step forward.
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MagazineThe occupier mismatch
The bold proclamations by some tenants on sustainable practice are not always matched by their approach in real life. This frustrates the landlord-tenant engagement process, says Keith Bugden
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MagazineOne-way traffic
One of the best ways to avoid spikes in redemptions of open-ended funds is to diversify the investor base.
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MagazineSupertanker on world cruise
Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn (PFZW) – the Dutch pension fund for the care and welfare sector – is one of Europe’s largest investors, with €13bn of real estate assets under management.
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MagazineIrrational fears
Unnecessary scepticism about foreign real estate means that Swiss investors are limiting their own scope. And are they placing too much emphasis on liquidity?
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MagazineLoosening the straitjacket
Spanish institutional investors seeking to invest in real estate face huge obstacles, although the beginning of this year brought new hope, as Christine Senior reports
