All articles by Richard Lowe – Page 71
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AP1 real estate company to invest €770m in property
SWEDEN – Första AP-fonden (AP1), Sweden's first national buffer fund, has created a new real estate company and will acquire more than SEK7bn (€767m) in domestic property assets.
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Invesco begins US acquisition trail for German investors
GLOBAL – Invesco Real Estate has made its first acquisitions in the US for German institutional investors in its MEAG US Immobilien Fonds IV.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The trouble with Germany's open-ended funds
GERMANY – The German government is doing its utmost to rescue the country's open-ended real estate funds from their current liquidity crisis and enable the sector to operate on a sustainable basis.
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Thursday people roundup
GLOBAL – Investment Property Databank, Cushman & Wakefield, IC Immobilien Service, Knight Frank, BNP Real Estate, Grosvenor Fund Management, Browne Jacobson
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Thursday people roundup
GLOBAL – Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Corio, Aviva Investors, Apollo Global Management, Madison International, CB Richard Ellis, Cushman & Wakefield, SEB Asset Management
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F&C REIT raises €240m for German retail acquisitions
GERMANY – F&C REIT Asset Management in Germany is looking to invest as much as €240m in German retail properties having raised capital for a new real estate fund and a segregated account with a German pension fund.
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USS adds Savoy House to burgeoning UK portfolio
UK – The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has resumed its acquisition programme in the UK with the purchase of Savoy Court in the West End of London for £45.5m (€53.9m).
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GI Partners, RREEF to take over CalPERS logistics
GLOBAL – GI Partners and RREEF are to take over the management of The California Public Employees' Retirement System's (CalPERS) $2.5bn (€1.9bn) global industrial real estate portfolio from incumbent manager LaSalle Investment Management.
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Monday people roundup
GLOBAL – BNP Paribas Real Estate, Aareal Bank, Internos Real Investors, Legal & General Property, SEB Asset Management, Cordea Savills, HDG Mansur Investment Services, Speymill Deutsche Immobilien Company
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Partners in first closing for real estate secondaries fund
GLOBAL – Partners Group has raised €750m for its first fund dedicated to acquiring stakes in existing real estate investments through the secondary market.
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IPF research shows UK property 'not an inflation hedge'
UK – Commercial real estate in the UK does not provide a hedge against inflation, according to research commissioned by the Investment Property Forum (IPF).
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Insurance companies creep into European real estate lending market
EUROPE – Insurance companies are beginning to enter the European real estate debt market, although it may take some time before they are as active as their counterparts in the US.
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EPRA urges property company exemption from derivatives regulations
EUROPE – The European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA) has urged the EU to prevent property companies from getting caught up in derivatives regulations designed to combat speculators.
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UK leads European real estate recovery, says CBRE
EUROPE – European real estate values continued to show improvement during the third quarter, particularly in core western Europe, according to CB Richard Ellis (CBRE).
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Investor tenders European private real estate mandate
IPE QUEST – An institutional investor is looking to commit €25m-50m to private real estate investments in Europe.
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Quality over quantity
It is still a tough environment in which to raise capital. But the diversity of products coming to market shows that there is room for the fund management industry to innovate. Richard Lowe reports
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Back on the up
Having significantly reduced its exposure to real estate in recent years, German pension fund WPV is in a position to make new investments. Managing director Hans-Wilhelm Korfmacher tells Richard Lowe how he wants to use the opportunity to invest in the Americas for the first time
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MagazineBack in the game
Pension funds returned from the sidelines in 2010 and began making new investments. As Richard Lowe discovered, for many this has meant new allocations to US real estate
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MagazineStockholm comforts
Swedish real estate has been a quiet haven on a continent rocked by economic and market turmoil. As Richard Lowe discovers, this means the country’s pension funds have had little reason to venture beyond the safety of Stockholm
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Risky business
What are the most important areas of risk that investors need to assess and manage, and has this changed since the onset of the financial crisis? Richard Lowe asked six commentators and found a wide array of issues for investors to consider
