Rachel Fixsen
NewsDanish roundup: ATP, PensionDanmark, Unipension
DENMARK – ATP, PensionDanmark team up to buy historic building in central Copenhagen.
NewsAP Pension unveils Danish agriculture investment fund
DENMARK – Pension fund to buy farms, lease them back on long-term contracts to individual farmers.
NewsCBRE GI offloads office, shifts into higher-yielding properties
EUROPE – CBRE Global Investors sells Frankfurt office tower for €240m for client.
NewsRabobank scheme invests €50m in Bouwinvest residential fund
NETHERLANDS – Bouwinvest opened three largest funds to other institutionals four years ago.
NewsGroups bid for 40% stake in Italy's UniCredito Immobiliare
ITALY – GWM Group, Eurocastle Investment launched €120m partial voluntary tender offer.
NewsTuesday people roundup
GLOBAL – Pramerica Real Estate Investors, Deutsche Hypo, Orchard Street IM, Allianz Real Estate
NewsNorwegian oil fund enters US office joint venture with MetLife
GLOBAL – Partnership to acquire One Financial Center in Boston $700m deal
NewsDe Montfort survey shows pick-up in UK property lending
UK – More than half of banks, insurance companies planning to increase loan book size.
NewsInstitutional investors on verge of major push into real estate – survey
GLOBAL – Cornell University study predicts pace of investment to accelerate beyond 2014.
NewsUSS, PGGM invest in portfolio of infrastructure companies
EUROPE – Institutionals invest total of €350m in Spain-based Globalvia Inversiones.
NewsPensionDanmark to buy 49% stake in UK wind farms
EUROPE – Deal comes as part of infrastructure strategy targeting inflation-linked returns.
NewsNorwegian oil fund buys stake in Regent Street building
EUROPE – Government Pension Fund Global buys 25% stake in Quadrant 3 from Crown Estate.
NewsNorwegian oil fund acquires German office building with AXA RE
EUROPE – Government Pension Fund Global invests in third property in Germany
NewsDanish pension fund ATP buys Copenhagen office building
DENMARK – Deal includes 15-year lease to state energy company DONG Energy.
NewsFinland's Ilmarinen to increase exposure to foreign property
FINLAND – Company to target 'stable, solid' European property markets, as well as US.
NewsIPE Awards: Pension funds to take on alternatives, loans
EUROPE – Infrastructure, property loans to increase as bank balance sheets shrink.
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Will tapering temper property?
What does the prospect of tapering of QE and a potential rise in interest rates mean for real estate? Rachel Fixsen talks to six investors and advisers
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Danes devise new strategies
Danish pension funds have reorganised to take advantage of the appetite for real estate investments. Rachel Fixsen reports
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ATP’s all equity approach
Michael Nielsen tells Rachel Fixsen how tightening credit conditions could work to ATP’s advantage
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AP4 backs the individual
AP4 puts the emphasis on finding the right people for its property investments. Mats Andersson speaks to Rachel Fixsen
