Retail – Page 126

  • News

    Indiana PERF searches for core and REIT managers

    2007-10-08T17:29:00Z

    UNITED STATES - The Indiana Public Employees Retirement Fund is now searching for real estate managers for core and REIT strategies through new RFPs.

  • News

    San Diego City targets non-US real estate

    2007-10-08T17:23:00Z

    UNITED STATES - San Diego City Employees Retirement System has approved its first ever targeted allocation for non-United States real estate investments.

  • News

    Pension funds "ready for Russian real estate"

    2007-10-01T16:00:00Z

    RUSSIA - Pension funds – at least Nordic ones – are ready to invest in Russian real estate, having overcome earlier reluctance concerning the complexity of the market, according to Ole Dall-Hansen, chief executive of Aberdeen Property Investors Eastern Europe.

  • News

    Pension funds show distressed debt interest

    2007-09-28T10:00:00Z

    UNITED STATES – US pension funds are considering placing real estate capital into debt strategies on the back of recent market turbulence.

  • News

    New Jersey tries on separates

    2007-09-27T17:00:00Z

    UNITED STATES - The New Jersey Division of Investment is shifting into the use of real estate separate accounts and has hired General Motors Investment Management for a $150m (€106.4m) equity mandate.

  • News

    RREEF expects US cap rates to climb

    2007-09-26T17:00:00Z

    UNITED STATES – RREEF has predicted cap rates on the purchase of existing US properties will rise by 50 basis points by the end of 2007.

  • News

    US pension funds buy opportunity

    2007-09-24T16:35:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Pension funds in the United States are investing more capital into commingled funds with opportunistic investment strategies.

  • Magazine

    Early bird renewals

    September 2007 (Magazine)

    One thing that comes across clearly when talking to investors who have made commitments in China is how important it is to have good local partners.

  • Warm welcome awaits
    Magazine

    Warm welcome awaits

    September 2007 (Magazine)

    The hotel sector has turned in better performance than mainstream sectors and its growing maturity now makes it at least a ‘must consider’ for pension funds. Paul Strohm reports

  • Choose your comfort option
    Magazine

    Choose your comfort option

    September 2007 (Magazine)

    Pension fund real estate investors stand to gain much from successful investment in the hotel sector, but they must be clear about how involved they want to be in the operation, as Keegan Viscius reports

  • News

    Irish pension fund sells retail stores

    2007-09-12T16:45:00Z

    IRELAND – The Irish Property Unit Trust is selling some of its retail investments in Cork and Limerick, as well as an office block in Dublin, to finance its stake in a new Cork retail property project.

  • News

    Pension funds give euro focus to Goodman

    2007-09-11T17:00:00Z

    EUROPE – Asset management firm Goodman Property Investors has picked up a series of new European real estate mandates from pension funds in recent months, the latest of which is from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).

  • News

    Lothian pension tenders its real estate

    2007-09-10T15:00:00Z

    UK – Lothian pension fund is reviewing its real estate investment manager and searching for a firm to handle the fund’s asset allocation.

  • News

    US pensions follow Mexican residential trail

    2007-09-10T13:00:00Z

    UNITED STATES - More pension fund capital is being ploughed into the Mexican real estate market and heading for retail and ‘single family home’ developments, according to property investment firm ING Clarion.

  • News

    ECP to extend retail centres

    2007-09-10T12:30:00Z

    EUROPE - The €2.2bn investor EuroCommercial Properties is increasingly focusing on extending its existing centres to improve its competitive position in a pressured property markets.

  • News

    North Dakota State shifts core capital to value-added

    2007-09-03T17:00:00Z

    UNITED STATES - North Dakota State Investment Board has decided to move a portion of its capital originally invested in core real estate and move it into the value-added real estate bucket.

  • News

    Carrefour to spin off property

    2007-09-03T17:00:00Z

    FRANCE - French retailer Carrefour is to offer 20% of its €24bn property portfolio to “strategic institutional real estate partners” and other investors, including pension funds.

  • News

    Corio to divest office and industrial portfolios

    2007-09-03T17:00:00Z

    EUROPE - The €6bn property investment company Corio has decided to explore the divestment of a major part of its offices and industrial portfolios, and to further focus on its retail activities.

  • News

    Unibail-Rodamco prepares post-merger management

    2007-08-27T17:00:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - Unibail-Rodamco is almost ready to announce its top 50 management structure as its integration efforts are now on track, the €23.9bn property investor has said.

  • News

    Low returns fail to deter core pension fund investors

    2007-08-27T17:00:00Z

    UNITED STATES – Some US pension funds are still willing to invest a portion of their capital in core real estate despite returns being at an all-time low, according to consultants Townsend Group.