All articles by Richard Lowe – Page 72
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Morgan Stanley opportunity fund extends debt lifeline to hotel owner
EUROPE – A global opportunity fund run by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing has provided €150m in mezzanine financing to BRE/Hospitality Europe Holding, an owner of a European hotel portfolio.
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HOOPP makes first direct purchase outside Canada
GLOBAL – The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) has made its first direct real estate investment outside Canada by acquiring a 50% stake in the Crown Estate's St James's Gateway development in London.
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Lend Lease provides PGGM with direct infrastructure exposure
EUROPE – Dutch pension fund asset manager PGGM has committed £220m (€262m) in capital to become the principal investor in a joint venture with Lend Lease targeting social infrastructure in the UK.
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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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Magazine
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
