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Aviva to invest £1bn in UK rental housing
UK – Aviva Investors is intending to launch a real estate fund aimed at pension funds and institutional investors that will invest in UK residential assets.
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Florida Board of Administration reassigns MS managed assets
UNITED STATES - Florida State Board of Administration has signed contracts to transfer 85% of the $2.7bn (€1.93bn) separate account assets previously managed by Morgan Stanley Real Estate to Heitman, L&B Realty Advisors and Invesco Real Estate.
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SBZ begins direct portfolio sell-off
NETHERLANDS - SBZ, the €2.2bn Dutch pension fund for care insurer employees, has made its first two disposals of direct property holdings as part of a transition to a wholly indirect real estate exposure.
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German investors return home for safety
GERMANY – Interest in domestic residential property funds is rising among German institutional investors, according to German real estate fund manager Patrizia Immobilien.
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Progress continues on real estate sale
NETHERLANDS - Progress, the Dutch pension fund of food giant Unilever, has sold three housing complexes in Breda, Groningen and Nijmegen as it continues to divest its directly-held domestic real estate portfolio.
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Pension funds show interest in UK housing
UK – European pension funds who would not traditionally invest in UK rental housing may do so for the first time through an initiative to kick start investment in UK private residential property, according to a UK government body.
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UK residential may be on the up – index fund manager
A real estate investment house has claimed investing in UK residential housing “may have turned a corner”, although physical house price rises are still increasing at a very slow rate.
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BP pension fund shops for real estate
UK - The £20.3bn (€23.1bn) pension fund for BP has bought an out-of-town retail park in the UK and an office building in London, and plans to invest a further £100-150m in its domestic real estate market before the end of the year.
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Rockwood Capital hits fundraising target
UNITED STATES - Rockwood Capital has closed the money raising on its Rockwood Capital Real Estate Partners Fund VIII just shy of its target, at $964m (€720.6m).
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NYSTRS extends its real estate limits
UNITED STATES - New York State Teachers Retirement System has bought a further share in a real estate backed by a European pension fund, as well as extending current management contracts.
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UK seeks pension fund investment in housing
UK - Plans to encourage pension funds to invest in private rented housing have been announced by the UK government’s Housing and Communities Agency (HCA).
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IPD claims German buoyancy may attract investors
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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Pensions investors enticed by Catalyst opportunities
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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San Diego City plans tactical moves in real estate
UNITED STATES - San Diego City Employees’ Retirement System is planning to take advantage of tactical investment opportunities in the second half of this year in certain property types.
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Reita claims residential Reits are a good buy
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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CalPERS sees demand for member mortgages triple
US – California Public Employees’ Retirement System’s (CalPERS’) Member Home Loan Programme has tripled in size over the last year thanks to its conservative mortgage practices, according to CalPERS’ Investment Committee.
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Mexican pensions to focus on home properties
MEXICO – Mexican pension funds have agreed to only invest in domestic investments this year and will focus on investing in real estate to help boost the struggling Mexican economy.
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Ahorro to create and market a 'property bad bank'
SPAIN – Ahorro Corporación, the financial services arm of Spain’s savings banks, has launched a new vehicle to dispose of over €3bn of defaulted properties on behalf of its banks.
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Maryland to invest in real estate this year
US – The Maryland State Retirement and Pension System (SRPS) has committed around $600m ($477m) to real estate funds for 2009.
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Knight Frank warms to residential new builds
UK – London’s prime new build residential market is becoming increasingly attractive to investors and developers, and could be beginning to level out, according to Knight Frank’s 2009 London residential development review.
