All Real Assets articles in May 2006 (Online) – Page 3

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    Credit Suisse nabs Rudolf for Swiss role

    2006-05-02T00:00:00Z

    REAL ESTATE - Credit Suisse has appointed Claudio Rudolf as a director in charge of acquisition and sales for its Swiss Real Estate Asset Management business. “As a director, he will directly report to Markus Graf, head of Real Estate Asset ...

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    US funds 'double real estate commitments'

    2006-05-02T00:00:00Z

    REAL ESTATE – The 50 largest public pension funds in the US made almost $20bn (€15.8bn) in new real estate commitments last year – double the 2004 figure – according to industry research. The total real estate holdings of t...

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    Global commercial property investment jumps

    2006-05-02T00:00:00Z

    REAL ESTATE - Global direct investment in commercial real estate jumped $100bn (€80bn) last year to $475bn, according to new research. Foreign investors in the US market accounted for almost half of the 21% increase, according to ResearchWor...

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    ING launches China fund, plans REIT

    2006-05-02T00:00:00Z

    REAL ESTATE - ING Real Estate is to launch its first fund in China later this year. The firm expects to raise between $200m—250m (€163m—€204m) for the China Opportunities Fund from Asian, European and US institutional inve...

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    Dutch real estate group Corio names CFO

    2006-05-02T00:00:00Z

    REAL ESTATE - John Kuik will join the board at Corio as chief financial officer at the beginning of May, the Utrecht-based property company said last week. He will replace Jan Procter, who has served as interim CFO since August 2005. Asked wh...

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    Strong Germany boosts Jones Lang Lasalle

    2006-05-02T00:00:00Z

    REAL ESTATE - Jones Lang Lasalle last week reported net income of $4.6m (€3.67m) for the first quarter of this year – bucking a trend in recent years to report first-quarter losses. Global revenues were up 40% to $337m over 2005, wit...

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    California funds active in real estate market

    2006-05-02T00:00:00Z

    REAL ESTATE – Three large California-based pension funds have been active in the real estate market recently. They are the San Jose Federated City Employees Retirement System, the California Public Employees Retirement System and the Sacrame...

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    ABP eyes Asia as sector gets professional

    2006-05-02T00:00:00Z

    REAL ESTATE - Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, Europe’s largest pension fund, plans to increase its real estate allocation in Asia, citing the increasing professionalism of the Asian real estate and the emergence of REITs. “The increasing ...