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Texas Municipal selects ORG Portfolio as first-ever consultant
UNITED STATES – The Texas Municipal Retirement System has chosen ORG Portfolio Management as its first-ever real estate consultant.
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CalSTRS makes €81m allocation to Thomas Properties Group
UNITED STATES – The California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) has awarded a $100m (€81.3m) allocation to Thomas Properties Group.
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Barings: China will tread carefully on real estate market
CHINA – The Chinese government will continue to tread cautiously over policy measures aimed at cooling the real estate market amid the near-certain postponement of a property tax originally scheduled for introduction this month, according to Barings.
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Hermes Real Estate acquires core London office
UK – Hermes Real Estate, the property fund manager owned by the £35.3bn (€42.5bn) BT pension scheme, has acquired an office asset on the outskirts of London for £58m.
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Pension funds to buy 'problem' infrastructure in second wave of privatisation
UK – Pension fund and private equity investors could mop up UK infrastructure assets in a second major wave of privatisation, according to a report by the Adam Smith Institute, a free-market think tank.
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Whitbread wannabes in UK underestimate complexity, says Punter Southall
UK – UK pension funds considering property to plug their pension gaps are looking at overly complex structures to do it, according to research by consultancy Punter Southall on the recent Whitbread property partnership.
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Emerging markets to lead revival of luxury retail sector, says Colliers
GLOBAL – Rents in the luxury retail sector are set to increase in the near term after a two-year hiatus, according to Colliers International.
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INREV committee calls for more independent fund directors
EUROPE – More European non-listed real estate funds must appoint independent directors to their management boards if corporate governance in the sector is to be improved, according to a new report.
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German investors to ramp up indirect real estate exposure
GERMANY – German institutional investors are expected to invest on average more than €300m in real estate during 2010 and more than €26bn in total over the next three years, a large proportion of which will be directed to indirect vehicles, according to two separate studies.
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USS continues to blaze UK acquisition trail
UK – Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has continued its 18-month UK real estate spending spree with the purchase of an office building in London's West End for £42m (€50.8m).
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Ohio Police and Fire makes $100m commitment to core commingled fund
US – The Ohio Police and Fire Pension fund has approved a $100m (€84m) allocation to the UBS Trumbull Property fund.
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Mass PRIM fires RREEF as separate account manager
US – The Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board has terminated RREEF as one of its separate account managers.
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Interest rate swaps blocking UK disposal pipeline, Savills says
UK – The prohibitive cost of unwinding interest rate swaps on real estate debt is preventing financial institutions from offloading a growing volume of distressed UK assets, according to Savills.
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US and Ireland set for spike in distressed sales
GLOBAL – Ireland and the US are expected to see a significant increase in distressed real estate sales in the short term, according to research from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
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PGGM won over by SLI's responsible investment credentials
NETHERLANDS/UK – PGGM, the Dutch pension fund asset manager, has invested €75m in a UK shopping centre fund managed by Standard Life Investments.
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Survey shows UK pension funds to increase real estate exposure
UK – More than one-third of UK pension funds with existing real estate investments are actively looking to increase their exposure, while a small number remain unsure about the asset class, according to a survey by Aberdeen Asset Management.
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AP4 acquires €565m of Swedish residential assets
SWEDEN – The Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP4) has made one of the largest ever residential investments in the country.
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Virginia bets on JV with Amli Residential
UNITED STATES – Virginia Retirement System has decided to invest $400m ($325m) more of its equity into the real estate sector, three quarters of which will go towards an investment partnership with Amli Residential.
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San Diego City diversifies US domestic portfolio
UNITED STATES – San Diego City Employees’ Retirement System has approved $135m (€111m euros) in new real estate investments follow a consultation with The Townsend Group.
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Listed timber fund grows Chinese exposure
CHINA – A London-listed timber vehicle funded mostly by UK and European pension schemes is acquiring Chinese assets in a bid to build up a significant market-specific portfolio.
