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USS beefs up its real estate strategy
UK – Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has poached Alex Turner from Hermes Real Estate to manage its UK office portfolio, just as other changes are being made to improve its performance.
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HSBC Pension Fund sells UK real estate holding
UK – The HSBC Pension Fund has sold Wilmslow Park in central Manchester to Legal & General (L&G) Property’s Managed Fund.
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UK’s Merchant Navy Pension rebalances real estate
UK – The Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund (MNOPF) has sought to rebalance its UK real estate portfolio and sold three commercial real estate assets in the UK, for almost a third more than recent valuations.
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BP pension fund and GPE buy a piece of London’s Regent St
UK – F&C REIT Asset Management and AREA Property Partners have sold one of the top assets from the Dawnay Day portfolio they acquired in March to the BP pension fund and Great Portland Estates (GPE).
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Merchant Navy sells Waitrose property (amended)
UK – Wilky Fund Management has sold a Waitrose supermarket store in Cheadle Hulme on behalf of the Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund, which is considering reducing its real estate exposure.
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Orion’s Europe III captures €1bn
EUROPE – Orion Capital Managers has closed the capital raising programme for its latest European opportunity fund, breaking its publicly-stated fundraising target of €1bn.
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USS swaps retail for more warehouse space
UK – A complex deal between Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) and Henderson Global Investors has enabled the pension fund to diversify its UK retail warehouse portfolio, while the investment manager has reduced the leverage in one of its funds.
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CalPERS endures fresh $4.2bn real estate hit
UNITED STATES – The California Public Employees Retirement System has revealed it suffered a $4.2bn (€2.82bn) loss on its real estate portfolio during the second quarter of 2009.
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Pension funds buy up retail targets
UK – LaSalle Investment Management has purchased a shopping centre in the UK on behalf of one pension fund client and secured new tenant leases for two others.
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SanFran City & County suffers fresh real estate drop
UNITED STATES - San Francisco City and County Employees Retirement System took another hit on its real estate portfolio in the first half of 2009, as the falling market continued to hurt investment returns and income.
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Pension plan brings retail shopping to the coalface
UK – LaSalle Investment Management has bought a The Howard Centre UK shopping centre from Land Securities on behalf of Coal Pension Properties, the real estate arm of the British Coal Schemes Pension Plan.
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Texas Teachers moves into core investments
UNITED STATES - Teacher Retirement System of Texas has widened its investments in core real estate and hired three real estate managers to look after $800m (€532.7m).
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Aviva pensions vehicle buys a stake in Sainsbury’s
UK – Aviva Investors’ pooled UK real estate vehicle for pension funds has returned to the market by agreeing to buy a Sainsbury’s food store under development in County Durham, England.
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Varma acts on real estate regrowth
FINLAND – VR Pension Fund has re-entered the real estate market after a two-year absence, following the decision by a Finnish construction company to sell assets to local pension funds.
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ING to focus on mixed use real estate projects
GLOBAL – Dutch-headquartered real estate investor ING Real Estate Development is planning to invest in and develop projects over the next few years which provide secure but mixed origin revenue.
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Aberdeen pension fund goes shopping in East Anglia
UK – Aberdeen Property Investors has purchased five retail units in the UK on behalf of the Aberdeen City Council Pension Fund.
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BBC pension fund moves out of London’s Regent Street
UK – CB Richard Ellis Investors has confirmed the sale of Mutual House, owned by the pension scheme of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), for £30m (€32.1m), reflecting a yield of 5.4%.
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Tesco continues property deals with pension funds
UK – Tesco has formed a fourth joint venture with a UK pension fund to sell and leaseback property assets, in an effort to release value from its property portfolio.
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Heitman buys into shopping venture
UNITED STATES – Heitman, the real estate asset manager, has formed a joint venture with Macerich, the US shopping centre owner, and bought a major stake in two US regional shopping centres.
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USS snaps another high street bargain
UK – The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has made another retail acquisition in the UK, taking its total UK real estate investment in 2009 to £300m (€327m).
