Poppy Sketchley

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    Swiss pension funds buy Schroders lease

    2009-04-06T17:24:00

    SWITZERLAND/UK – AFIAA, the Swiss real estate investment adviser for state pension funds, has purchased the long leasehold on Schroders’ London headquarters for £70m (€76.5m).

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    Pension funds pursue Gatwick purchase

    2009-04-06T17:22:00

    UK – Major Canadian and British funds are understood to be one step closer in their rivalry to purchase London’s Gatwick airport after the Competition Commission ordered the British Airports Authority (BAA) to sell three of its airports within the next two years.

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    Abbey buys its London HQ

    2009-04-06T17:16:00

    UK – British Land has sold Abbey’s London headquarters to the banking giant for £115m (€126.4m).

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    IPD claims German buoyancy may attract investors

    2009-04-06T17:12:00

    GERMANY – The IPD Germany Annual Property Index showed Germany’s property returns proved more resilient during the downturn than most European real estate markets – a situation which the body argues is likely to draw more institutional investors into the market.

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    SWFs still stand strong in real estate market

    2009-04-06T17:09:00

    GLOBAL – Sovereign wealth funds’ (SWFs) collective assets have continued to grow to a staggering $3.22trn (€2.4trn) despite the economic downturn and are still major investors in real estate, according to the 2009 Preqin sovereign wealth fund review.

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    Kesko sign sale-and-leaseback deal with pension fund

    2009-04-02T17:20:00

    FINLAND – The Kesko Pension Fund has bought four retail properties for €50m from the Finnish trading company Kesko Group.

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    CPPIB seeks new route along infrastructure

    2009-04-02T17:15:00

    CANADA – The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has offered to pay C$1.16bn (€697m) to buy Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group (MCG).

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    Townsend taps Europe through UK office

    2009-04-02T17:13:00

    US/UK – Townsend Group, the North American institutional real estate adviser, has opened its first European office in London this week and appointed Adam Calman as head of Europe.

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    TEGoVA seeks to shed light on valuations

    2009-04-02T17:11:00

    EUROPE – The European Group of Valuers Association (TEGoVA) has launched a valuation standards document to help professionals and clients deal with the valuation challenges brought about by the economic recession.

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    Pensions investors enticed by Catalyst opportunities

    2009-04-02T17:09:00

    EUROPE – Catalyst Capital LLP, a European investment and asset management firm, has secured the support of major institutional investors for its €228.5m pan-European property fund.

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    OMERS tracks long-term gains with railway top-up

    2009-04-02T17:06:00

    CANADA – Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) has increased its stake in a rail infrastructure project in Detroit, to become the majority owner.

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    CPP to invest in real estate through bonds issuance

    2009-03-30T17:34:00

    CANADA - The Canada Pension Plan Investment (CPPIB) Board is planning to issue up to C$5bn (€3bn) in fixed income paper over the next two years to help the pension fund invest in real estate and infrastructure.

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    Dallas Police & Fire strengthen infrastructure

    2009-03-30T17:33:00

    US –The Dallas Police and Fire Pension System has invested in a $4bn (€3.01bn) state of the art highway infrastructure system in Dallas, bolstering domestic investments.

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    Real estate position to double for Jacksonville PF

    2009-03-30T17:30:00

    US – The Jacksonville Police and Fire pension fund plans to double its real estate allocation once it gets the all-clear from the state legislator.

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    New York PF hedges its bets on real estate

    2009-03-30T17:29:00

    US – The New York State Common Retirement Fund (CRF) announced on Friday it closed $238.2m (€178.8m) of real estate hedge fund transactions last month.

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    Asia more willing to embrace sustainability - study

    2009-03-30T17:26:00

    ASIA PACIFIC – Corporate real estate professionals in Asia Pacific are more eager to continue investing in sustainability than their global peers, according to a survey by Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) and CoreNet Global.

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    Hypo RE falls under state control

    2009-03-30T17:21:00

    GERMANY – The German government has taken an 8.7% stake in Hypo Real Estate in its first step to taking full control and bringing stability to the Group.

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    West Midlands makes supermarket sweep

    2009-03-26T17:14:00

    UK – The West Midlands Pension Fund has purchased a £36.5m (€39.6m) supermarket property in Birmingham from Land Securities, to strengthen its position for the future.

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    Ohio Teachers searches for new consultant

    2009-03-26T17:13:00

    US – Ohio’s State Teachers’ Retirement System (STRS) is searching for a new investment consultant after Russell Investment Group announced it did not plan to extend its contract beyond June 2009.

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    Reita claims residential Reits are a good buy

    2009-03-26T17:07:00

    EUROPE - Institutional investors should consider investing in residential property as an asset class and push for residential Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), according to Reita’s panel of property investment experts.

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