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EPRA study reveals diversified benefits
EUROPE - A report published by the European Real Estate Association (EPRA) has found low or negative correlations between the performance of real estate equities and other asset classes. The lowest rolling correlation, measured over five years, w...
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INREV chair to drive in new direction
EUROPE - Johan van der Ende, chief investment officer for strategy and structured investments at Dutch pension fund PGGM, is the new chairman of INREV, the European Association for Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate Vehicles. Van der Ende takes o...
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Property returns slow in UK, Eire
EUROPE - Growth in the UK and Irish property markets slowed in Q1, according to the latest IPD data. Irish real estate posted its lowest quarterly returns since the beginning of 2004 –2.2% compared with 5.8% in Q4 2006 – despite outpe...
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ING to significantly expand into Germany
GERMANY - ING Real Estate Management intends to significantly increase its presence in Germany in 2007, in order to profit from the continuing improving market fundamentals. In its annual report, ING Real Estate Group announced it also expects to ...
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UK derivatives trades report record Q1 values
REAL ESTATE - UK property derivatives in the first quarter of 2007 chalked up 125 transactions worth a record £2.9bn (E4.3bn). This is the equivalent of 10% of direct investment in real estate in the UK, according to figures published by IP...
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New Jersey looks at making commingled fund investments totaling $200m
REAL ESTATE - New Jersey Division of Investment is looking into making commitments into three commingled funds totaling $200m (E147.5m). These investments were discussed at its board meeting on April 19. The pension fund was assisted in this ac...
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San Bernardino expands timber allocation to 4%
REAL ESTATE - San Bernardino County Employees Retirement Association has decided to expand its asset class for investing in timberland from 2 to 4%. The pension fund feels that timber deserves its own asset class. Investment officer Don Pierce s...
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Fifield creates $400m joint venture with Pacific Life
REAL ESTATE – In the US, Fifield Companies has created an apartment development joint venture with Pacific Life Insurance Company. The two firms together will construct $400m (E293m ) worth of properties over the next 24 months. The structu...
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Aberdeen targets Nordic investors with French fund
REAL ESTATE - Aberdeen is targeting Nordic pension funds with a fund to be invested mainly in French real estate. The fund management firm made its first acquisition for the Aberdeen Fund France and southern Europe last week, paying GE Real Estat...
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Canadian fund acquires discount hotel chain from Accor
REAL ESTATE - The property subsidiary of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, Canada’s largest pension fund, has acquired Red Roof Inns, a chain of US hotels from Accor for US$1.32bn (€960m). Cadim, the subsidiary, ac...
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Apollo expands urban residential strategy to Los Angeles
REAL ESTATE – US investor Apollo Real Estate Advisors has broadened its urban residential investment strategy to Los Angeles for the first time with the purchase of 1,002 rental units in the region. Apollo partner Dean Pentikis who heads up...
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Morley sets out Asia strategy
REAL ESTATE - Fund manager Morley has set out its strategy for investment in Asian real estate on behalf of its largest client, the life insurance business of parent company Aviva. The initial investment of US$2bn (€1.4bn) will involve join...
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Austrian finance minister joins C–Quadrat
REAL ESTATE - Former Austrian finance minister Karl-Heinz Grasser on Friday joined the supervisory board of C-Quadrat, the real estate subsidiary of fund manager Altira, at the firm’s annual shareholder meeting. The firm is priming Grasser ...
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Barclays launches European REIT fund
REAL ESTATE - Barclays Capital is to launch a European REIT fund based on the EPEU index, targeting investors looking to diversify away from UK property. The EPEU index tracks 47 mainly large-cap European REITs, mainly in France, Germany and the ...
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Henderson and mfi launch German shopping centre fund
REAL ESTATE – UK manager Henderson Global Investors has teamed up with German property manager mfi to launch a closed institutional fund to invest in German shopping centres. The fund is targeted to investors in Germany and abroad and promis...
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DIM Vastgoed to sell entire retail portfolio
REAL ESTATE - The executive and supervisory boards of the property investor DIM Vastgoed are persisting on selling the company’s entire portfolio of US retail centres, they . Following this decision, DIM has signed an exclusive marketing ...
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JER invests equity in resort mixed-use project
REAL ESTATE - JER Partners has made a $96m (E70.5m) preferred equity investment into the Snowmass Base Village, Snowmass Center and West Village mixed-use project near Aspen, Colo. Cia Buckley ,president of the US Fund Business for JER Partners, s...
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CalSTRS buys Chicago apartments for $470m
REAL ESTATE - California State Teachers Retirement System and Waterton Associates have acquired the 2,346-unit Presidential Towers apartment complex in Chicago for around $470m (€345.4m). This transaction represents one of the largest sing...
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Islamic property fund acquires UK portfolio
REAL ESTATE - The European Islamic Investment Bank plc (EIIB)’s Pan-European Islamic Real Estate Fund last week announced that it has acquired five commercial properties in a £58.8m (€86.7m) from a fund sponsored by Arab Bank Interna...
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European schemes eye sub-prime action
REAL ESTATE - European pension funds could join class actions against US sub-prime mortgage lenders currently under investigation for poor internal controls and decision-making, according to the law firm representing institutional investors. US i...
