All Real Assets articles in October 2007 (Online) – Page 2

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CPP Investment Board buys Denver office space

2007-10-15T12:00:00Z

UNITED STATES - CPP Investment Board has made its first acquisition in the Denver office market through a joint venture with Callahan Capital Partners.
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State of Alaska branches out into timber

2007-10-15T12:30:00Z

UNITED STATES - Alaska Retirement Management Board has expanded into timberland for the first time with a $200m (€142.5m) allocation.
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ING real estate wins £100m Welsh mandate

2007-10-15T13:00:00Z

UK – The GBP1.3bn (€1.9bn) Rhondda Cynon Taf council pension fund has awarded a £100m UK property mandate, with possible exposure to other European markets, to ING Real Estate Investment Management.
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Strategies switched amid lower Romanian returns

2007-10-15T13:30:00Z

ROMANIA - Charlemagne Capital’s €110.5m sale of three Romanian property assets last week indicates a significant shift in that market, according to investors.
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Credit crunch creates PE buyers’ market

2007-10-15T14:00:00Z

GLOBAL - Excess capital accumulated by US real estate private equity funds in the first half of 2007 will help them mop up in a downward-valued market, according to an Ernst & Young report on real estate private equity funds.
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Bär taps into thirst for infrastructure

2007-10-15T14:30:00Z

SWITZERLAND - A fund jointly launched by Macquarie and Julius Bär, the private bank, is targeting European pension fund investors with a global infrastructure fund focused primarily on energy and utilities.
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UK government to invest €2.4bn in infrastructure

2007-10-15T15:00:00Z

UK - The UK government is to plough £1.7bn (€2.4bn) into boosting infrastructure for planned ‘new’ towns and growth areas over the next three years.
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LVAM in drive to grow institutional business

2007-10-22T16:50:00Z

UK – LV Asset Management (LVAM), the asset management arm of UK’s largest friendly society, has announced ambitious plans to expand its fund management arm with 12 new funds and the development of a multi-manager capability, targeted at institutional and retail investors.
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UCAL moves to separate accounts

2007-10-22T17:00:00Z

UNITED STATES - The University of California (UCAL) has moved into the separate account real estate space for the first time signing a relationship with Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers.
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Shorenstein buys into mezzanine gap

2007-10-22T17:00:00Z

UNITED STATES - Shorenstein Properties plans to increase its appetite for mezzanine debt deals on office buildings over the next couple of months, to take advantage of the dislocation in the debt markets.
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US pension fund capital heads back to core

2007-10-22T17:05:00Z

UNITED STATES - Some pension fund capital in the United States is flowing against the tide and being reallocated to a core investment strategy.
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Westport moves into residential India

2007-10-22T17:05:00Z

UNITED STATES - Westport Capital Partners is developing a major new residential project in Hyderabad, India, which is being backed by pension funds and other institutional investors.
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PCA 'conflict of interest' forces CalSTRS' shop

2007-10-22T17:10:00Z

UNITED STATES - California State Teachers Retirement System is planning to hire a new real estate consultant for the first time in 10 years.
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UK, Spanish banks in sale-and-leaseback deals

2007-10-22T17:15:00Z

UK/SPAIN - Two banks involved in the acquisition of ABN Amro are selling off most of their remaining property assets in a series of sale-and-leaseback deals.
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Oslo property market is ‘the new Helsinki’

2007-10-22T17:15:00Z

NORWAY – Europe is good but Norway is better, according to a property market report published by Close, the independent merchant bank.
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ABP defector joins F&C

2007-10-22T17:20:00Z

NETHERLANDS - ABP real estate securities analyst Jorit Arissen is leaving the Dutch pension fund after just over a year to join fund manager F&C.
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BT pension fund backs UK developer

2007-10-22T17:20:00Z

UK - The BT Pension Fund has given UK property which is currently seen as a rare vote of confidence and upped its shareholding in UK developers Development Securities.
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Slovakia to stymie pension property plan

2007-10-22T17:25:00Z

SLOVAKIA - The Slovak government is to scotch a legal amendment that would allow second-pillar pension schemes to invest in real estate.
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PwC to advise Norwegian fund on real estate

2007-10-24T12:30:00Z

NORWAY – The Oslo-based branch of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has been awarded the contract to advise the NOK2trn (€250bn) Norwegian government pension fund on tax issues related to real estate investments.
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CalPERS places fresh $600m in real estate

2007-10-29T17:00:00Z

UNITED STATES - California Public Employees Retirement System has placed $600m (€424.5m) into a combination of commingled funds, co-investments and separate accounts for international and opportunistic strategies.