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CalSTRS and ING Clarion set up value-added JV
UNITED STATES - California State Teachers Retirement System and ING Clarion Partners have created a value-added investment joint venture called INGCal Tactical.
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ABP advised to sell Corio
NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension fund ABP should sell its 37% share in Corio to one of the developers circling the Dutch real estate firm, according to sector analysts.
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MagazineShopper’s paradise?
The case for investing in Asian retail is compelling but, as Paul Benjamin explains, getting one’s hands on a prize prospect is far from straightforward
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MagazineMarket view: rising sun, broadening horizon
The optimal combination of performance, size, liquidity, and relative risk make Japan an attractive destination for property investment.
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MagazineRetailers get out of the rain
Despite being one of the most opaque real estate markets, Vietnam has a fast changing retail scene that offers exciting prospects, says Rik Mekkelholt
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CEE pricing 'still a concern'
EUROPE - Central and Eastern Europe is still too overpriced to be worth investing in, despite greater differentiation between prime and secondary real estate pricing, according to Scottish Widows Investment Partnership’s head of property Malcolm Naish.
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Corio to divest office and industrial portfolios
NETHERLANDS - The €6bn property investment and management company Corio has decided to go ahead with divesting the major part of its offices and industrial portfolios, and to further focus on its retail activities.
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Apartments hit most by market shift – Pramerica
UNITED STATES - Pramerica Real Estate Investors is predicting the apartment market will be the most affected of all major property types by the recent changes in the residential housing and credit markets.
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Lehman Brothers creates retail JV in Italy
UNITED STATES - Lehman Brothers Real Estate Partners has formed a new joint venture with B Consulting for the development of new retail properties in Italy.
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UK property delivers negative return
UK - Real estate delivered a negative return of 1.1% in Q3, according to the IPD UK Quarterly Index – the first in its history – but real estate still outperformed property equities, which had a negative return of –10.3% for the three months to September.
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LACERA trades property for commingled fund
UNITED STATES - Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association has sold a shopping centre in Los Angeles and traded it for an investment into a commingled fund with the same real estate manager.
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CalSTRS sets up retail JV
UNITED STATES - California State Teachers Retirement System has established a new joint venture with Urban Retail Properties Company to invest in retail properties.
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Macro growth boosts Nordic retail
NORDICS - Pension funds have an irrational attachment to office real estate when they should be looking to outperforming retail, according to fund manager Cordea Savills.
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CalPERS places fresh $600m in real estate
UNITED STATES - California Public Employees Retirement System has placed $600m (€424.5m) into a combination of commingled funds, co-investments and separate accounts for international and opportunistic strategies.
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UK, Spanish banks in sale-and-leaseback deals
UK/SPAIN - Two banks involved in the acquisition of ABN Amro are selling off most of their remaining property assets in a series of sale-and-leaseback deals.
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Oslo property market is ‘the new Helsinki’
NORWAY – Europe is good but Norway is better, according to a property market report published by Close, the independent merchant bank.
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US pension fund capital heads back to core
UNITED STATES - Some pension fund capital in the United States is flowing against the tide and being reallocated to a core investment strategy.
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Strategies switched amid lower Romanian returns
ROMANIA - Charlemagne Capital’s €110.5m sale of three Romanian property assets last week indicates a significant shift in that market, according to investors.
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BT pension fund to sell £240m portfolio
UK – Hermes Real Estate has placed 10 property vehicles on the market, in the hope of generating £240m (€346m) for the BT Pension Scheme.
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Stunted supply boosts European retail
EUROPE - European pension funds are on a regional shopping spree motivated by a limited supply of new assets in low-risk markets, according to Aberdeen fund manager Nico Tates.
