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Wall of money to stay firm for 2007 - DTZ
EUROPE - A report published by DTZ offers a largely optimistic prognosis for growth in European real estate markets – at least in 2007. The report, entitled Money into property, said a 25% increase in global investment transactions worth $6...
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Ambitious Italian fund targets 20% returns
ITALY - Managers of two funds launched last week claim they can harness scarce Italian real estate assets to generate well-above-average returns for pension fund investors. Cordea Savills’ Italian Opportunities Fund II will target returns o...
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Reed Smith targets Europe with DLA finance hire
UK - Terry Green is leaving London law firm DLA Piper to head up a major push into Europe for rival real estate lawyers Reed Smith Richards Butler. Speaking to IPE Real Estate earlier today, Green confirmed he will be leaving DLA Piper’s rea...
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China real estate AIMs for London listing
UK-CHINA - A former Watson Wyatt pensions adviser is a key member of a team seeking a London stock exchange listing for a Chinese real estate company. Stuart Leckie, former chairman of Watson Wyatt in Asia and founding chairman of the Hong Kong Re...
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Institutional capital still flowing to Latin America - Pramerica
UNITED STATES - Latin America real estate is still seeing strong capital inflows and interest , according to a quarterly research report done by Pramerica Real Estate Investors. Much of that activity is happening in Mexico as the country is attrac...
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CalPERS commits $200m to Asia
UNITED STATES - California Public Employees Retirement System is the latest pension fund to further invest in Asian real estate after approving a $200m (€149.2m) commitment to the Asia Real Estate Securities Opportunity Fund. Jane Delfendahl...
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Los Angeles Fire & Police expands real estate view
UNITED STATES- Los Angeles Fire & Police Pension System is taking a look at three separate real estate buys through a mixture of fund selection and direct investment. The pension fund’s real estate consultant, The Townsend Group, will su...
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Developers Diversified reveals US investment offering
UNITED STATES - Developers Diversified Realty has unveiled a new retail investment fund called DDR Domestic Retail Fund I. A total of $539m (€401.7m) equity is invested in the commingled fund, of which around $430m or 80% of the equity came ...
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Pension funds reject Dutch road plan
NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension funds have dismissed proposals designed to encourage them to finance infrastructure projects. Three political parties – liberals, Christian Democrats and Liberal Democrats – last week jointly proposed the l...
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Polish bourse challenges AIM for property firms
POLAND - Warsaw Stock Exchange intends to challenge London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) as the destination for property firm flotations. Its claim follows the announcement last week from XXI Investments, a Ukrainian property devel...
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IVG to launch €2bn German REIT in 2008
GERMANY – IVG Immobilien, Germany’s biggest quoted real estate firm, has announced it will next year launch a German real estate investment trust (G-REIT) with around €2bn in commercial property assets. The German government lega...
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PenSam’s Weischer quits to give advice
DENMARK - Investment manager Michael Weischer has quit PenSam, the Danish public-sector pension scheme, to advise other pension funds on real estate indirect investment. The €6.3bn fund has yet to select a successor when Weischer leaves at t...
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EC appoints experts for open-ended fund inquiry
EUROPE - The European Commission has appointed an expert panel to advise on regulation of open-ended real estate funds. The panel, which will meet until January 2008, comprises members including representatives of Crédit Agricole Asset Manage...
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Yields drive pension funds to car parks
EUROPE - A Luxembourg-domiciled fund is promising to deliver pension funds above-average yields with a fund set up to invest €600—700m in Central European car parks. The Société d’Investissement à Capital Risque (S...
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RREEF gains space in Norwegian joint venture
NORWAY - RREEF is expanding its presence further into the Nordic region through a joint venture purchase of its first Oslo-based office block. The real estate subsidiary of Deutsche Bank has signed a joint venture with Norwegian-based real estate ...
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Moody’s: investors are diversifying into timber
GLOBAL - Long-term cashflow, a need for diversification and growth prospects in a fragmented industry are pushing investors towards timber REITs, according to a report published by credit ratings agency Moody’s. The report claims this ?...
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Vopak eyes growth as Aberdeen picks up mandate
NETHERLANDS - The €660m pension fund of tank terminal operator Vopak has awarded a €15m property investment mandate to Aberdeen Asset Management. Funds will be invested in European real estate through Aberdeen’s fund of funds, Ce...
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JER raises €800m for Europe
UNITED STATES – JER Partners has raised €809m for its called JER Europe Fund III - the largest European investment fund so far for the company. JER accumulated €128m in 1998 through its Europe Fund I and six years later raised a ...
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Prupim enters Swedish property market
SWEDEN - Real estate investment manager Prupim has entered the Swedish property market by acquiring a €41m landmark office building in Kungsholmen. The company purchased the building – Paradiset 14 – on behalf of the M&G Euro...
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Dutch schemes consider rejuvenating industrial estates
NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension funds are showing an interest in investing in the rejuvenation of run-down industrial estates in the Netherlands. "Providing that our criteria are met, we are willing to look at solid proposals from both councils ...
