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Irish reserve fund commits to US real estate
IRELAND – The €16.3bn National Pensions Reserve Fund made commitments of €70m to two US-based property investment vehicles in the second quarter. The fund committed €31m to a vehicle managed by Capital Trust and €39m ...
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CBRE in deal with Oxford Property Consultants
REAL ESTATE – UK real estate research and investment firm Oxford Property Consultants has inked a deal with CB Richard Ellis. The move will see a merger between OPC’s investment management arm with the existing UK multi-manager busines...
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Swedish buffer fund considers real estate
REAL ESTATE – The roughly SEK187.3bn (€20.2bn) buffer fund Första AP-Fonden, or AP1, may consider real estate as it continues its push into alternative asset classes. “It could be hedge funds or real estate,” said a sp...
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Amonis cuts real estate for hedge funds
REAL ESTATE - The €1bn Amonis pension scheme for dentists, doctors and pharmacists has reduced its exposure real estate – and equities - and ploughed roughly €34.2m into a fund of hedge funds portfolio managed by Key Asset Managemen...
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IPD unveils new UK quarterly index
REAL ESTATE – IPD, the global independent research company, has released its first quarterly index report for the UK property market. The new index reflects the performance of more than 7,000 properties valued at close to £100bn (€...
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S&P unveils nine new real estate indices
REAL ESTATE - Standard & Poor’s has launched nine new Property and REIT Peer Indices - designed to give a more accurate reflection of global property and REIT investment trends. The launch coincides with S&P’s seventh annual GI...
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UK church rebalances real estate portfolio
REAL ESTATE – The £4.9bn (€7.1bn) Church Commissioners fund – responsible for paying vicars’ pensions – rebalanced its commercial property holdings in 2005 to increase diversity and reduce risk. “There was ...
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Sweden’s AMF to double real estate allocation
REAL ESTATE – The SEK281bn (€29.8bn) AMF pension fund is looking to more than double its current 6% investment allocation in real estate. The scheme’s current real estate investment amounts to SEK16.2bn, but it is looking to stre...
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Sal. Oppenheim poaches Ernst & Young team
SWITZERLAND – Ernst & Young’s entire real estate team moved to the newly established Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. corporate finance division on December 1. The team formed part of the larger EY corporate finance business unit, inc...
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Bulgarian developer aims to raise €59m
UK – Bulgarian Property Developments – which focuses on property developments, trading and investment – is planning to raise up to £40m (€59.4m) through the placing of new shares to capitalise on its existing six-site pro...
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Dutch schemes in deal with Altera Vastgoed
NETHERLANDS – The Stork and PNO Media pension funds are to transfer their €90m Dutch real estate portfolio to, and become shareholders in, real estate group Altera Vastgoed. The funds will become shareholders in Altera and its four sec...
