News – Page 1115

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    T.Rowe Price turns attention to globe real estate

    2008-11-27T17:54:00Z

    US/GLOBAL – US-based asset manager T. Rowe Price is launching a global real Estate strategy in a bid to expand its global investment opportunities.

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    Empty rates reform are 'empty promise'

    2008-11-27T17:28:00Z

    UK - UK government proposals to temporarily scrap rate for empty properties with an estimated value of less than £250,000 (€299,110) are nothing more than empty spin and do little to help the market, according to property experts.

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    North Yorks awards ING global property mandate

    2008-11-27T17:15:00Z

    UK – North Yorkshire County Council has agreed to appoint ING Real Estate as global property manager for its £1.07bn (€1.26bn) local government pension fund.

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    New Star loses shine with real estate investors

    2008-11-27T17:13:00Z

    UK – The £673m (€811m) New Star International Property fund has been forced to temporarily suspended dealings following an increase in redemptions from institutional clients.

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    Power call for property researchers

    2008-11-24T18:00:00Z

    GLOBAL - Property researchers should be given greater decision-making powers and must work more closely with risk management, according to Jose Luis Pellicer from ING Wholesale.

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    CalPERS’ sustainability reduces tenants energy use

    2008-11-24T17:59:00Z

    US – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System’s (CalPERS) real estate partners have helped make significant progress towards the pension fund’s environmental goals.

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    Real estate derivatives gain fresh impetus

    2008-11-24T17:57:00Z

    UK - Derivatives offer real estate investors good opportunities to diversify their portfolio, according to property experts at the ING Real Estate Annual Seminar.

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    Oregon to follow on Guggenheim fund

    2008-11-24T17:54:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund has approved a $100m (€78.6m) commitment into the Guggenheim Fund II(a),which follows a fund launched in 2006.

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    Ohio School Employees to redeem real estate assets

    2008-11-24T17:47:00Z

    UNITED STATES - School Employees Retirement System of Ohio is in the process of issuing redemption queues on the RREEF America REIT II and BlackRock Strategic Apartment funds.

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    Oregon to follow on Guggenheim fund

    2008-11-24T17:45:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund has approved a $100m (€78.6m) commitment into the Guggenheim Fund II(a),which follows a fund launched in 2006.

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    Property sector finally unveiled for UK unlisted market

    2008-11-24T17:43:00Z

    UK – The Investment Management Association (IMA), trade body to the £3.4trn (€3.99trn) UK fund management industry, and its Performance Category Review Committee (PCRC) have created a new property sector.

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    Dubai acts to shore real estate from market risk

    2008-11-24T17:37:00Z

    MIDDLE EAST - The Dubai Government has formed a committee to tackle the impact of the financial crisis on its previously affluent property market and to restore investors’ confidence.

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    Grosvenor reviews its business priorities

    2008-11-24T17:34:00Z

    EUROPE- Grosvenor is planning to concentrate on developing its fund management business in continental Europe.

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    Aviva signs new real estate finance chief

    2008-11-24T17:33:00Z

    UK – Aviva Investors has announced the appointment of Marcus Shepherd as the company’s new real estate finance director.

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    Negative rental growth now global

    2008-11-17T16:35:00Z

    GLOBAL – Rental growth has turned negative on a global scale and the downturn in emerging markets is accelerating, the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) finds in its latest quarterly global report.

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    UK sets new record for fall in capital values

    2008-11-17T16:29:00Z

    UK – UK commercial property capital values fell by record levels last month, according to Investment Property Databank (IPD).

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    UK will start to recover in 2010 – Schroders

    2008-11-17T16:28:00Z

    UK – The UK commercial real estate market will not stabilise until the latter part of 2009 but should begin to recover in 2010 according to Schroder Property.

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    PME looks for global opportunities

    2008-11-17T16:27:00Z

    NETHERLANDS – Pensioenfonds van de Metalektro (PME) is diversifying its real estate exposure by investing opportunistically on a global basis.

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    Europe to produce ‘acceptable’ returns in the medium-term

    2008-11-17T16:22:00Z

    EUROPE – Investors can generate “acceptable or attractive” returns from most of the European markets over the medium-term, according to a report by Invesco Real Estate.

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    Orion ready for European bargains

    2008-11-17T16:20:00Z

    Europe – Orion Capital Managers has raised €900m of capital for its latest opportunistic property fund which will aim to buy bargain real estate across Europe.