All articles by Richard Lowe – Page 68
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JP Morgan launches opportunistic real estate firm
Builds business in the US and hires Investcorp's John Fraser to head the enterprise.
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Specialist funds outperform UK market in 2010 – IPD
Returned 18.8% in 2010, outperforming rest of the market by 400 basis points.
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Real estate risk profile 'more important' than geography
Geography will cease to be the main factor of real estate funds in the future, an online audience was told during IP Real Estate's latest webcast.
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Monday people roundup
Rockspring Property Investment Managers, The Carlyle Group, Heleba, Liberty Property Trust
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APG puts weight behind Philippines property developer
GLOBAL – The €266bn Dutch pension asset manager APG has invested P2.25bn (€37.2m) in a Philippines real estate developer.
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Savills highlights opportunity in Brussels leasing market
BRUSSELS – Investors should target Belgian real estate investments with three to five-year lease maturities, according to Savills.
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UK posts double-digit returns, Japan continues to fall – IPD
GLOBAL – The commercial real estate market in the UK recorded the strongest returns for four years in 2010, while the market in Japan continues to suffer after two and half years of falling capital values, according to the latest data from Investment Property Databank (IPD).
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Thursday people roundup
GLOBAL – Corestate, Valad, Invista, Grosvenor Fund Management, Hammerson, Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers, Colliers International, Ernst & Young, Treveria, Invesco Real Estate
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Global real estate investment surges by more than 50%
GLOBAL – Global real estate investment activity recovered to pre-crisis levels at the end of last year, and Europe and the US have seen the strongest rebounds, according to the latest figures.
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Monday people roundup
GLOBAL – LaSalle Investment Management, Union Investment, Activum, IC Immobilien Holding, Land Securities, Citycon
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ING REIM confirms sale talks, CBRE tipped as front-runner
GLOBAL – ING Real Estate Investment Management has confirmed it is in discussions with "several parties" on a possible sale of parts of its business after media reports claimed CBRE was the front-runner in the bidding process.
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Finland's Varma to scale back domestic real estate investment
FINLAND – Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company is expected to slow its domestic real estate investment programme in 2011, following two years of intense activity, citing rising vacancies and an influx of foreign investors.
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Thursday people roundup
GLOBAL – Bouwfonds Real Estate Investment Management, Patrizia Immobilien, Savills, Knight Frank Investors
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PE fundraisers 'optimistic' for 2011 after a tough 12 months
GLOBAL – The private equity-style real estate funds sector continues to struggle to raise capital from investors, as the latest study from Preqin shows that only 89 funds reached a close in 2010, raising $35.8bn (€27.2bn) in the process.
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Arbuthnot UK real estate team enters JV with AEW Europe
UK – The UK real estate team of Arbuthnot Real Estate Investment Management (ArbreIM) has left the company to form a new joint venture business with AEW Europe.
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CalSTRS enters $1bn industrial joint venture with Panattoni
GLOBAL – The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has entered into a joint venture with the Panattoni Development Company to invest $1.15bn (€874m) in industrial and commercial real estate in the US and Canada.
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Transaction-linked index a 'gift' for asset allocation, says Mercer
EUROPE – The transaction-linked index (TLI) being developed by IPD, which combines market valuations with traded prices, will be a "gift" when devising asset allocations for pension funds, according to Mercer.
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Monday people roundup
GLOBAL – Europa Capital, Union Investment, Rockspring Property Investment Managers, UNITE, TPG Capital
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CBRE Investors' opportunity fund takes over Atlantic Station
GLOBAL – CB Richard Ellis Investors has acquired Atlantic Station in Atlanta, Georgia, from insurer AIG for its fifth US opportunity fund.
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Cornerstone targets infrastructure for first European offering
EUROPE – Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers Europe has launched its first European fund – a social infrastructure vehicle – since the US-based investment manager acquired Protego Real Estate Investors in 2009.
