Office – Page 173

  • News

    Alternative investments to carry more weight - ING

    2007-11-12T17:00:00Z

    UK - Alternatives sectors are likely to register more on the agenda as UK pension funds seek to gain more exposure to real estate assets, according to ING Real Estate Investment Management.

  • News

    UK property delivers negative return

    2007-11-05T17:54:00Z

    UK - Real estate delivered a negative return of 1.1% in Q3, according to the IPD UK Quarterly Index – the first in its history – but real estate still outperformed property equities, which had a negative return of –10.3% for the three months to September.

  • News

    Quebec pension fund to invest in India office

    2007-11-05T17:52:00Z

    INDIA - The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, Canada’s largest pension fund, is weeks away from its entry into Indian property as part of a strategy to switch 15% of its portfolio to Indian real estate within 3—5 years.

  • News

    BA supports pensions flight with office block

    2007-11-05T17:51:00Z

    UK – Pension fund of the airline British Airways has bought a recently-completed office development in Birmingham city centre, in a bid to help diversify its asset allocation.

  • News

    Macro growth boosts Nordic retail

    2007-10-29T17:30:00Z

    NORDICS - Pension funds have an irrational attachment to office real estate when they should be looking to outperforming retail, according to fund manager Cordea Savills.

  • News

    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.

  • News

    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.

  • News

    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.

  • News

    SBB sells 9,800m2 to fund pensions

    2007-10-08T17:45:00Z

    SWITZERLAND - The Swiss federal railways SBB has sold another one of its real estate holdings under its funding promise to the SBB pension fund.

  • News

    Indiana PERF searches for core and REIT managers

    2007-10-08T17:29:00Z

    UNITED STATES - The Indiana Public Employees Retirement Fund is now searching for real estate managers for core and REIT strategies through new RFPs.

  • News

    San Diego City targets non-US real estate

    2007-10-08T17:23:00Z

    UNITED STATES - San Diego City Employees Retirement System has approved its first ever targeted allocation for non-United States real estate investments.

  • News

    Pension funds "ready for Russian real estate"

    2007-10-01T16:00:00Z

    RUSSIA - Pension funds – at least Nordic ones – are ready to invest in Russian real estate, having overcome earlier reluctance concerning the complexity of the market, according to Ole Dall-Hansen, chief executive of Aberdeen Property Investors Eastern Europe.

  • News

    Shareholders vote to keep F&C trust open

    2007-10-01T15:00:00Z

    UK – Investors in the F&C Commercial Property Trust have voted overwhelming for the continuation of the company, despite an earlier drop in its performance.

  • News

    Pension funds show distressed debt interest

    2007-09-28T10:00:00Z

    UNITED STATES – US pension funds are considering placing real estate capital into debt strategies on the back of recent market turbulence.

  • News

    Thomas Properties goes green

    2007-09-27T17:20:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Thomas Properties Group has formed its first green investment fund as pension funds are now turning their attentions to sustainable real estate investments.

  • News

    New Jersey tries on separates

    2007-09-27T17:00:00Z

    UNITED STATES - The New Jersey Division of Investment is shifting into the use of real estate separate accounts and has hired General Motors Investment Management for a $150m (€106.4m) equity mandate.

  • News

    RREEF expects US cap rates to climb

    2007-09-26T17:00:00Z

    UNITED STATES – RREEF has predicted cap rates on the purchase of existing US properties will rise by 50 basis points by the end of 2007.

  • News

    US pension funds buy opportunity

    2007-09-24T16:35:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Pension funds in the United States are investing more capital into commingled funds with opportunistic investment strategies.

  • Magazine

    Early bird renewals

    September 2007 (Magazine)

    One thing that comes across clearly when talking to investors who have made commitments in China is how important it is to have good local partners.

  • News

    Irish pension fund sells retail stores

    2007-09-12T16:45:00Z

    IRELAND – The Irish Property Unit Trust is selling some of its retail investments in Cork and Limerick, as well as an office block in Dublin, to finance its stake in a new Cork retail property project.