All Real Assets articles in October 2013 (Online) – Page 3

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US roundup: Pennsylvania Public School Employees, San Francisco City

2013-10-16T15:30:00Z

NORTH AMERICA – Pennsylvania Public School Employees OKs $150m real estate investment.
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Founders of PIP show 'willingness' to take on construction risk

2013-10-17T14:45:00Z

UK – National Association of Pension Funds says 'very extensive' manager-selection process drawing to close.
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UK funds 'remiss' to not engage with government on infrastructure

2013-10-17T14:45:00Z

UK – BT Pension Scheme chair says UK government forced to court overseas investors.
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Bikudak to merge with €37bn pension fund for Dutch building industry

2013-10-17T15:00:00Z

NETHERLANDS – Pension fund for roofers cites times of 'scaling up, limiting costs'.
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Hermes launches commercial real estate debt fund

2013-10-17T15:00:00Z

UK – Strategy to plough as much as £1bn a year into debt instruments.
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PREI enters data-centre joint venture with Digital Realty

2013-10-17T15:15:00Z

NORTH AMERICA – Pramerica Real Estate Investors makes $150m equity investment into JV.
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Greater Manchester Pension Fund takes stake in Airport City project

2013-10-18T14:15:00Z

UK – JV includes Beijing Construction Engineering Group, Carillion.
Analysis
News analysis: Sharing BVK's €1bn global property strategy

2013-10-18T14:30:00Z

Why has Germany's largest pension fund awarded seemingly identical global property mandates?
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German roundup: Real IS, Invesco, Quantum

2013-10-18T14:30:00Z

GERMANY – Munich-based company Real IS to launch sixth Spezialfonds.
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Cerberus raises $1.4bn for distressed property fund

2013-10-18T15:15:00Z

NORTH AMERICA – Main focus of distressed investments to be Europe, US.
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Ivanhoé Cambridge buys interest in European industrial

2013-10-18T15:15:00Z

NORTH AMERICA – Teams up with TPG to acquire Prague-based PointPark Properties.
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OECD report cites 'serious barriers' to long-term investment

2013-10-22T15:15:00Z

GLOBAL – Report highlights low levels of pension fund investment in infrastructure.
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Kames raises £115m for closed-end UK property fund

2013-10-22T15:30:00Z

UK – Company secures investment from three large institutional investors.
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Bundesbank concerned over Germany's residential 'price boom'

2013-10-22T16:00:00Z

GERMANY – Patrizia says biggest risk to market 'regulatory', as bank dismisses rental cap.
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Alaska Retirement Board makes first foray into infrastructure

2013-10-22T16:15:00Z

NORTH AMERICA – Makes first commitments to Industry Funds Management, JP Morgan Asset Management.
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Mass PRIM to inject another $600m into real estate portfolio

2013-10-24T12:00:00Z

NORTH AMERICA – Pension fund to make core, non-core investments through separate-account managers.
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European Institutional Real Estate Survey finds investors 'creating' core

2013-10-24T12:30:00Z

EUROPE – Inaugural EIRES survey finds overwhelming focus on refurbishment of low-risk properties.
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Universities Superannuation Scheme buys 8% stake in Heathrow Airport

2013-10-24T13:30:00Z

UK – UK’s second-largest fund acquires stake in FGP Topco Limited, airport’s holding company.
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City of London grants infrastructure mandate to IFM

2013-10-24T13:30:00Z

GLOBAL – Splits mandate across pension fund, trust responsible for bridge maintenance.
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Pension fund for Unilever to invest in Dutch mortgages

2013-10-24T13:30:00Z

NETHERLANDS – €4.5bn scheme Progress rules out participating in National Mortgage Institution.