All articles by Richard Lowe – Page 68
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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.
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ATP signs off €700m for indirect real estate investments
DENMARK – Denmark's largest pension fund, ATP, has allocated a further €700m to invest in real estate funds, joint ventures and club deals through its subsidiary ATP Real Estate.
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Vasakronan makes Sweden's largest real estate purchase
SWEDEN – Vasakronan, the real estate company owned by Sweden's national buffer funds, has acquired the Blåmannen 20 city block in Stockholm, known as Klara Zenit, in its entirety for SEK4.35bn (€487m).
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Ohio Police & Fire issues redemption queues on open-ended funds
GLOBAL – The Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund has decided to issue redemption queues for two open-ended commingled funds in which it has invested.
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Dutch pension funds offload Rotterdam courts to GBA
NETHERLANDS – A group including Dutch pension funds KPN and TNT has sold the Wilhelminahof offices and courts complex in Rotterdam for €220m to the Dutch Government Buildings Agency (GBA).
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Insurers commit to European debt through AXA Real Estate
EUROPE – AXA Real Estate Investment Managers has secured €1.5bn in insurance company capital to provide European real estate financing.
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Invesco-Ciloger partnership acquires German properties for French institutions
EUROPE – Invesco Real Estate and Ciloger have acquired 10 newly built retail assets in Germany for €218m on behalf of seven French institutional investors.
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Switzerland's AFIAA takes profits from Canadian investments
GLOBAL – AFIAA, the foundation owned by 20 Swiss pension funds, has sold three assets in Canada as part of an optimisation of its global real estate portfolio.
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Virginia makes $150m commitment to CIM urban fund
GLOBAL - Virginia Retirement System has approved a $150m (€113.8m) commitment to the CIM VI Urban REIT Fund. Pension fund officials stated that this commitment will be funded over the next four and a half years.
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Westbrook injects pension fund capital into O Twelve
GLOBAL – Westbrook Partners has injected £35m (€41.2m) in capital from its latest global opportunity fund into UK listed real estate company O Twelve Estates.
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Amplion buys Varma portfolio for Finnish institutions
FINLAND – Amplion Asset Management Oy has acquired a €100m real estate portfolio from Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company on behalf of a number of Finnish institutional investors.
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ING Clarion buys DC area apartment building for €90m
GLOBAL - ING Clarion Partners has paid $118.5m (€90.1m) to acquire the 300-unit Millennium at Metropolitan Park in Arlington, Virginia.
