Real Estate News – Page 769

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    Small pension funds re-enter property

    2008-07-24T17:12:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Several smaller pension funds in the United States are thought to be looking to re-enter the real estate asset class, in a bid to diversify their portfolios.

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    LA Fire and Police goes for safety with real estate assets

    2008-07-24T17:10:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions has chosen to make its real estate portfolio more conservative in the near term.UNITED STATES - Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions has chosen to make its real estate portfolio more conservative in the near term.

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    CalSTRS to tread cautious real estate path

    2008-07-24T17:08:00Z

    UNITED STATES – The California State Teachers Retirement System is planning to take a cautious approach to real estate investment for its fiscal year in 2009.

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    Rothschild raises $840m for new commingled fund

    2008-07-24T17:04:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Rothschild Realty Managers has smashed its intended target for capital raising on its Five Arrows Realty Securities V commingled fund and collected $840m (€530m) through institional investors - $240m more than originally sought.

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    Ohio PERS goes global with REITs

    2008-07-24T17:02:00Z

    UNITED STATES – Officials at the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System have voted to allow investments in public real estate on an international basis.

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    Germans top poll of European property optimism

    2008-07-21T15:35:00Z

    GERMANY - German investors have topped a three-market poll of European investor sentiment.

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    ‘Reform planning process or face blackout’

    2008-07-21T15:30:00Z

    UK - Opposition to planning reforms threatens to squeeze private-sector investment out of UK infrastructure, according to employers’ body the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).

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    Choose carefully, says SEB, after UK re-entry

    2008-07-21T15:25:00Z

    UK/GERMANY - Investors are investing cautiously in UK logistics as they wait for the market to fall further, according to SEB, the German fund management arm of the Swedish bank.

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    German firms hide risk in partial disclosure

    2008-07-21T15:20:00Z

    GERMANY - Two-thirds of listed German property companies are more opaque – and therefore riskier – than their reports suggests.

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    ING hires despite talent shortage

    2008-07-21T15:10:00Z

    NETHERLANDS/ASIA - ING has appointed a regional veteran to head its Asian fund management operations against growing international competition for regional talent.

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    US pension funds still interested in value-added real estate

    2008-07-17T15:55:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Apollo Real Estate Advisors was able to reach its capital raising target for its latest commingled fund, Apollo Value Enhancement Fund VII.

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    Ohio School Employees real estate commitment unchanged

    2008-07-17T15:45:00Z

    UNITED STATES - The School Employees Retirement System of Ohio plans to invest $100m (€62.9m) to $150m in real estate over the next 12 months. This is roughly the same amount that was planned for fiscal year 2008. This allocation is part of the pension fund’s annual investment plan for ...

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    CalPERS invests in ‘master-planned’ residential

    2008-07-17T15:40:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Newland Communities has made another investment in a residential land for a partnership with the California Public Employees Retirement System.

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    Florida plans up to $1.1bn investment in infrastructure and timber

    2008-07-17T15:35:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Florida State Board of Administration has approved commitments to infrastructure and timber for as much as $1.1bn (€691.6m).

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    Gdansk hosts Poland’s first PPP

    2008-07-14T16:20:00Z

    POLAND - The regeneration of Gdansk shipyards – the iconic launch site of Lech Wałęsa’s anti-Communist Solidarity movement in the early 1980s – is to be Poland’s first full private-public partnership.

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    SWFs avoid infrastructure, opt for funds

    2008-07-14T16:15:00Z

    GLOBAL - Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) will shy away from direct investment in global infrastructure to avoid allegations of ‘political’ investment, according to analysts at the McKinsey Global Institute, an economics thinktank.

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    Property funds target Italian market, investors

    2008-07-14T16:10:00Z

    ITALY - LaSalle Investment Management last week opened an office in Milan under former Redevco chief acquisitions officer Francesco Coviello.

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    Developer bags ABP for European reach

    2008-07-14T16:05:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - APG, the investment arm of ABP, has acquired a 5.77% shareholding in French shopping centre developer Altarea.

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    Capri goes international

    2008-07-11T09:50:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Capri Capital Partners has expanded its efforts to international real estate with its plans to develop a $2bn (€1.27bn) mixed-use project in Saudi Arabia.

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    Virginia places capital in real estate debt securities

    2008-07-11T09:45:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Virginia Retirement System has created two new investment entities to investing in real estate debt securities.