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Irish standard to allow infrastructure bonds as matching assets
IRELAND – Pensions Board says inclusion 'imminent' at Irish Association of Pension Funds conference.
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Legg Mason to launch infrastructure debt fund
UK – Launch follows similar moves recently made by Allianz Global Investors, BlackRock.
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Real estate lenders to up capital by 22% but still prefer core
EUROPE – Lenders still targeting domestic markets, as well as France, Germany and UK.
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St Bride's launches UK region-specific property fund
UK – Seven-year White Rose Partnership to target institutional-grade assets.
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Nordic countries emerge as Europe's property safe havens
EUROPE – DTZ report attributes performance to speed of recovery from financial crisis.
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MIPIM RE-Invest: Pooled funds back in favour with investors
GLOBAL – KPMG survey results unveiled at summit for sovereign wealth funds, pension funds.
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US roundup: State of Wisconsin, Montana State
NORTH AMERICA – State of Wisconsin Investment Board lines up $215m in real estate commitments.
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CalSTRS invests another $105m in new real estate deals
NORTH AMERICA – Pension fund commits $75m to housing joint venture with Heitman.
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Guggenheim Partners unveils North American infrastructure business
GLOBAL – Company to be run by former staff from Deutsche Bank's RREEF property subsidiary.
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Feeney leaves Henderson Global Investors to return to banking
UK – Head of property debt to join Lloyds in May, Henderson in talks with 'strategic partner'.
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Supermarket investors should 'focus on asset as well as lease'
UK – Investors 'too preoccupied' with lease length, tenant quality, rather than location.
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Investors sign up to Nordic secondary strategy
GLOBAL – CapMan ready to deploy €125m after backing from Finnish, US investors.
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Iowa PERS eyes fundraising target for Principal debt fund
UNITED STATES – Institution requires Principal to raise $250m, backs Blackstone debt fund.
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Lothian dismisses social housing over returns, reputational risk
UK – Scottish local authority fund says returns do not fit with its approach as growth investor.
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Yield-seeking investors shift from core to value-added
GLOBAL – Appetite for value-added strategies driven by concerns over core pricing.
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Chinese policy ‘no substitute for market reform’
CHINA – Attempts to restrict housing inflation targeting the wrong factors, says economist.
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UK government increases local authority infrastructure threshold
UK – Local authority funds allowed to invest additional 15% in limited partnerships.
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French civil servants pension fund awards SRI real estate mandates
FRANCE – ERAFP awards one active, two standby property mandates in France.
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Texas Employees approves $242m in real estate commitments
NORTH AMERICA – Pension fund makes number of allocations through emerging manager programme.
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M&G to take sale-and-leaseback model to public sector
UK – Company explores new asset classes, including social infrastructure, local authority projects.
