IPD unveils 2013 award winners

The Investment Property Databank has announced the winners of its European Investment awards 2013 during its annual conference in Lisbon.

The IPD European Property Investment Awards were determined by IPD for fund/portfolio performance for the year 2012 across seven national markets and three European regions.

The awards ceremony was hosted by Peter Hobbs, senior Director at IPD, and presented in two categories to the winners in each market. The two categories in each market were Balanced Fund/Portfolio Awards (funds with the highest total return relative to the appropriate national all property benchmark, annualised over 3 years to December 2012); Specialist Fund/Portfolio Awards (funds with the highest total return relative to the appropriate national sector benchmark, annualised over 3 years to December 2012).

The winners are:

- In Central & Eastern Europe: Immofinanz Group (for the Balanced Fund Award category) and Pradera (Specialist Fund Award category)

- In France: Caisse Centrale de Réassurance (Balanced Fund Award) and Ciloger (Specialist Fund Award)

- In Germany: RREEF Investment (Balanced Fund Award) and Alstria Office REIT (Specialist Fund Award )

- In Iberia: Square Asset Management SGFII (Balanced Fund Award) and Selecta SGFII (Specialist Fund Award)

- In Ireland: Irish Property Unit Trust and State Street Global Advisors Ireland Limited (joint winners of the Balanced Fund Award)

- In Italy: Generali Immobiliare Italia SGR (Balanced Fund Award) and Fabrica Immobiliare SGR (Specialist Fund Award)

- In the Netherlands: Schiphol Real Estate (Balanced Fund Award) and Bouwinvest (Specialist Fund Award)

- In Scandinavia: ROM Eiendom (Balanced Fund Award ) and KIRKBI (Specialist Fund Award)

- In Switzerland: Allianz Suisse Immobilien (Balanced Fund Award ) and Pensimo Management (Specialist Fund Award)

- In the UK: South Yorkshire Pensions Authority (Balanced Fund Award) and the X-Leisure Unit Trust (Specialist Fund Award)

- On a Pan-European basis: Aviva Investors and LaSalle Investment Management have won the Managers Award