All Real Assets articles in October 2011 (Online)
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NewsECJ ruling forces Germany to abolish tax on overseas shareholders
Ruling would make it 'less painful' for Luxembourg funds to operate in Germany, says PwC.
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NewsCordea Savills fund to target stalled prime residential projects in UK
Fund to aim for £250m war chest and annual return of as much as 20%.
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NewsProperty values in Ireland drop for 15th consecutive quarter
News comes after NAMA offers 70% financing to pension schemes and SWFs.
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NewsPension schemes invest $1.2bn in greenfield infrastructure fund
HSBC spinout InfraRed Capital Partners raises €860m for third greenfield fund.
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NewsDanish pensions giant ATP shuns local infrastructure due to lack of PPPs
Entirety of scheme's infrastructure investment lies outside domestic market.
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NewsSix new lenders enter UK commercial property market in first half
Savills also adds AXA, M&G, HSBC and Bawagto to database of 'big-ticket' lenders.
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NewsUS commercial property market to remain 'sluggish', says PwC
Market set for 'slowing, grind-it-out recovery' following period of sporadic growth.
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NewsCEE to adopt LEED as green building standards duke it out
Influx of overseas investors pushes region toward LEED instead of UK's BREEAM.
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NewsAberdeen to liquidate €1.5bn Degi property fund in Germany
Announcement ends speculation over future of vehicle suspended since November 2009.
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NewsIreland's NAMA offers pension funds 70% finance on repackaged properties
Agency sees significant interest 'right across globe' from pension funds and SWFs.
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NewsInstitutional investors 'unlikely' to lend senior debt for real estate
Fund managers point to persistent problems despite growing interest in space.
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NewsLocal government pension schemes 'best suited' to UK residential property
Think tank Institute for Public Policy Research says schemes are conservative, but 'patient'.
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NewsDistribution of UK waste treatment infrastructure 'uneven' – Eunomia
Report identifies regions with significant investment opportunities for 'years to come'.
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NewsWednesday people roundup
Crown Estate, Kames Capital, JPMAM, Savills Sweden, Universal, JLL, Grainger
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NewsGerman institutional investors bringing property investment in-house
Ernst & Young report shows 70% of institutionals bringing property management in-house.
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NewsBank of Ireland sells $1.8bn in loans to Kennedy Wilson
Majority of loans secured against London office, residential and retail assets.
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NewsRecovery 'running out of steam', says AXA Property Trust
European fund warns of "global recession" if euro-zone issues persist.
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NewsProperties remain widely used in asset-backed financing, says KPMG
Pension schemes still focus on properties in asset-backed financing but start using other assets.
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NewsGerman CMBS refinancing 'will reassure market'
Talisman-6 'Orange' loan – a €422m CMBS on 159-asset portfolio – extended to 2014.
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NewsChinese SWF predicted to buy stake in RBS property debt
Blackstone to sell 25% stake in loan portfolio, with RBS tipped to follow suit by 2013.
