All articles by Richard Lowe – Page 72
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Thursday people roundup
GLOBAL – AXA Real Estate, Scottish Property Federation, Scottish Widows Investment Partnership, Hawkpoint, Cushman & Wakefield
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Multi-family sector leading US recovery, says IPD
GLOBAL – The residential sector continues to lead the real estate recovery in the US, with capital values up 12.3% since the start of the year, according to Investment Property Databank (IPD).
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UK investors to target Asia Pacific, says Aviva Investors
GLOBAL – Most UK investors are looking to increase their exposure to Asia Pacific real estate markets in the next three years, according to a survey conducted by Aviva Investors.
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Liquidity specialist Madison to set up shop in London
Madison International Realty, the US-based investment manager that specialises in injecting capital into existing real estate investments, is establishing an office in London and has hired former Lehman Brothers professional Sean Kelly-Rand.
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ÆRIUM targets France for first opportunistic strategy
FRANCE – ÆRIUM is seeking to raise €50-60m in third-party equity to invest in prime retail real estate opportunities in France.
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Apollo takes over Citi's global real estate funds platform
GLOBAL – Apollo Global Real Estate Management (AGRE) has completed its acquisition of City Property Investors (CPI), the real estate investment management group of Citigroup investment bank.
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Monday people roundup
GLOBAL – CB Richard Ellis Investors, Invesco Real Estate, Quintain Estates & Development, UNITE, CLS Holdings
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UK real estate values to fall in 2011, offset by income returns, says Invista
UK – The recovery in capital values in the UK real estate market slowed to a crawl in October and is expected to see a reversal in fortunes over 2011.
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Solvency II will lead 75% of European insurers to revise property strategies
EUROPE – Close to three-quarters of European insurance companies will revise their real estate commitments as a result of incoming Solvency II regulations, according to data providers Preqin.
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Investors flock to DIC Asset's German office fund
GERMANY – DIC Asset has secured more than three-quarters of the €117m capital raising target for its inaugural special investment fund.
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Germany's BVK sells Paris office after 10 years of ownership
EUROPE – German pension fund Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK) has sold a Paris office building that it has owned for 10 years.
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VastNed Retail builds up Turkish portfolio to €90m
TURKEY – Pan-European retail property fund VastNed Retail has acquired its seventh prime high street shop in the heart of Istanbul, taking its total investment in Turkey to €90m.
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Capital Symonds launches real estate advisory, management arm
UK – Capita Symonds, a subsidiary of outsourcing giant Capita, is merging its former construction project management business with the recently acquired NB Real Estate to create a global "end-to-end" property advisory and asset management offering.
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Monday people roundup
GLOBAL – Europa Capital, Hearthstone Investments, CB Richard Ellis Investors, Savills, Residential Land
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Ontario pension funds take over UK's high-speed rail network
UK – The UK government has sold the high-speed rail network connecting London to the Channel Tunnel to two Canadian pension funds for £2.1bn (€2.43bn).
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Pradera begins raising capital for UK retail park 'club fund'
UK – Pradera UK has secured £75m (€85.6m) from a European pension fund to invest in UK retail parks and is hoping to raise a further £175m from several other investors currently undertaking due diligence.
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ING REIM forecasts broad European rental recovery in 2011
EUROPE – Prime real estate rents in Europe are to see a broad-based recovery from 2011, despite doubts over the economic outlook, according to ING Real Estate Investment Management.
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UK commercial rally running out of steam, says IPD
UK – Investment Property Databank (IPD) has warned that the rally in the UK commercial real estate market is all but over, with the third quarter seeing the shallowest period of capital growth in 2010.
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Norway's Pension Fund Global Fund makes first foray into real estate
EUROPE – Norges Bank has made its first real estate investment for the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global, acquiring a 25% stake in The Crown Estate's Regent Street portfolio in London.
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Ignis launches separate real estate arm, appoints Hutcheson as MD
UK – Ignis Asset Management has launched a standalone real estate business following inflows of more than £800m (€923m) into its existing property funds in 2010.
