All Real Assets articles in May 2009 (Online) – Page 2
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NewsNYSTRS extends its real estate limits
UNITED STATES - New York State Teachers Retirement System has bought a further share in a real estate backed by a European pension fund, as well as extending current management contracts.
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NewsBig fish seek smaller ponds
GLOBAL - Large institutional investors are looking to invest with smaller, more intimate groups of ‘like-minded’ investors, according to pension fund-related investors, as concerns have arisen about commingled funds with large, often anonymous, investor bases.
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NewsReal estate valuation model within sight?
GLOBAL - There are signs that the long-established debate between proponents of mark-to-market valuations and champions of the German long-term sustainable approach value are beginning to move towards a compromise.
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NewsAlternatives EC directive ‘too wide’ for real estate
EUROPE - The EU’s proposed directive on alternative investment fund managers is too wide ranging in its current form and does not make enough distinction between real estate funds and other alternative investment vehicles, according to legal consultants.
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NewsPrime office rents tumble in Q1
EUROPE - European prime office market rents fell by 8% during the first quarter of 2009, the greatest quarterly decline ever recorded by Jones Lang LaSalle’s (JLL) European Office Property Clock index.
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NewsSustainability catches eye of pension funds
UNITED STATES - The Bond Companies has pending investments from two pension funds for its sustainability fund as the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Pension Fund and the Teacher Retirement System for the State of Illinois have both allocated $20m (€15.3m).
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NewsDiversity widened performance of non-listed funds
EUROPE - Differences in geography and leverage levels, as well as currency movements, meant European non-listed real estate funds experienced a wide range of performance levels in 2008, according to International Property Databank (IPD).
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NewsWisconsin extends commitments
UNITED STATES - Wisconsin State Investment Board has made two follow-on commitments to commingled funds, in a bid to preserve capital during the market downturn.
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NewsUK seeks pension fund investment in housing
UK - Plans to encourage pension funds to invest in private rented housing have been announced by the UK government’s Housing and Communities Agency (HCA).
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