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Technical change hits PFZW property returns
NETHERLANDS - PFZW, the €88bn Dutch pension scheme formerly known as PGGM, said it would maintain its current property allocation despite the portfolio’s significant underperformance in the last quarter.
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Investors retain appetite for private funds
GLOBAL - More than 80% of institutional investors will increase their allocations to non-listed property funds in 2008, with the remainder retaining their current holdings.
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Valuations lack supporting evidence - Segro
EUROPE - Valuers are being urged by an increasingly desperate industry to make valuations despite a dearth of market evidence, according to Segro.
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New Jersey eyes $2bn in real estate
UNITED STATES - New Jersey Division of Investment will be looking at investing as much as $2bn (€1.38bn) in real estate for 2008.
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UK rally 'will be short-lived'
UK - Property shares will rally by up to 20% between now and mid-year before halving in value over the subsequent 18 months as the economy slides into recession, according to a research note from Morgan Stanley, the investment bank.
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AP Pension makes first direct Asia property bet
DENMARK -- AP Pension, the Danish occupational pension scheme, haschannelled DKK130m (€17.4m) into an Asian property fund with aportfolio of shopping centres – its first direct foray into Asian realestate funds.
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Serbia: 'the new Poland'
EUROPE - Investors will target Balkan states for returns fast disappearing from Central and Eastern European (CEE) property markets, judging by an Serb acquisition announced last week by Merrill Lynch.
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RREEF heads for Hyderabad homes
INDIA - Deutsche Bank property subsidiary RREEF has entered the Indian market with a $70m (€47.6m) indirect investment in residential developer Golden Gate Properties.
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Washington State commits to Brazil
UNITED STATES - Washington State Investment Board has decided to allocate $100m (€68.4m) into a commingled fund providing debt and equity investments in Brazilian real estate.
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RV Kuhns adds real estate presence
UNITED STATES - RV Kuhns & Associates has become the latest general investment consultant in the United States to have its own real estate team.
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US pension funds see new opportunity
UNITED STATES – Pennsylvania State Employees Retirement System and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas are two of the latest US pension funds to place capital into opportunity funds.
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JP Morgan creates $726m apartment JV
UNITED STATES - JP Morgan Asset Management has setup a $726m (€498.6m) joint venture with Apartment Investment and Management Company to gain a co-ownership of three apartment complexes in West Los Angeles.
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ABP to move back into listed
NETHERLANDS – ABP is to up its investment in listed property, just months after the €215bn Dutch pension scheme divested part of its listed portfolio in Europe and US.
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Segro deal to realise Berlin airport city
GERMANY - Berlin Airport Authority and Segro have agreed the development of a 38-hectare business and logistics park next to Berlin’s Schönefeld airport after the London-listed property investor acquired the land for €34m.
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French institutions to diversify real estate
FRANCE – As much as 60% of French institutional investors will diversify their real estate portfolios either geographically or into different investment strategies, the ratings firm MultiRatings has found.
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CalSTRS expands industrial JV to Europe
UNITED STATES - California State Teachers Retirement System CalSTRS) and First Industrial Realty Trust have moved their industrial joint venture program to Europe for the first time.
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'Mid-sized funds charge more' - INREV
GLOBAL - The larger the fund, the lower the management fee is the conclusion of an INREV survey of fees charged by 160 European non-listed real estate funds, except in funds with assets of €100—299m, as they levy the highest fees.
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NEPR quits Finland for Russia
NORDIC/RUSSIA - One of Finland’s key international investors indicated the market was approaching saturation last week as it sold off its remaining 39 hotel assets.
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ING Clarion redevelops mixed-use site
UNITED STATES - ING Clarion Partners and Panattoni Development Company have formed a joint venture to redevelop a former Boeing Company site as a major mixed-use project in Anaheim, California.
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Alaska Permanent Fund resettles in Chicago
UNITED STATES - Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation has moved back into investing in the Chicago real estate market for the first time in several years, through the purchase of The Shops at North Bridge.
