All articles by Richard Lowe – Page 73
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Aberdeen, ING REIM see capital inflows for core property
EUROPE – European institutional investors have committed close to €200m of capital to a number of core real estate funds managed by Aberdeen Asset Management and ING Real Estate Investment Management, respectively.
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Global investors flocking to German real estate market
GERMANY – The German commercial real estate market has seen in influx of international investors in 2010, accounting for 40% of all transactions in the first half of the year, according to Savills.
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Invesco Real Estate backs hotels with second European fund
EUROPE – Invesco Real Estate has identified a €168m seed portfolio of hotels to help raise capital for its new pan-European hotel fund.
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GID takes over CalPERS apartment portfolio from BlackRock
GLOBAL – GID Investment Advisers has taken over the management of a core multi-family residential portfolio from BlackRock Realty Advisors on behalf of the $212bn (€152bn) California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS).
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Institutional capital to desert German open-ended funds, says CBRE
GERMANY – Incoming regulations in Germany will see institutional capital leave open-ended funds and be reinvested in Spezialfonds, according to a report by CB Richard Ellis (CBRE).
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Hermes seeks to increase liquidity for BT Pension Fund
UK – Hermes Real Estate is to sell the BT Pension Scheme's interest in the Bluewater Shopping Centre as part of a wider rebalancing of the portfolio away from "less liquid" indirect and joint venture holdings in the UK.
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Denmark's ATP returns to real estate market
DENMARK – Denmark's largest pension fund ATP has made its first direct real estate acquisition in two years, acquiring a high-profile office block in central Copenhagen.
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L&G annuities arm gets first real estate exposure
UK – Legal & General Pensions (LGPL) is to invest in UK real estate for the first time on behalf of its £23bn (€26.6bn) annuity business.
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BNP Paribas Real Estate takes over AEW Europe subsidiaries
EUROPE – BNP Paribas Real Estate Property Management has acquired the central European real estate management business of AEW Europe.
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Property derivatives fund backed by major fund managers
UK – The first pure property derivatives fund, offering cheap exposure to the UK real estate market index, has been launched with backing from a number of institutional real estate fund managers.
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APREA study urges pension funds to boost real estate allocations
GLOBAL – Asian pension funds are being urged by a new report to follow the lead of their US and European counterparts by allocating more to real estate.
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Institutional investors back AEGON healthcare strategy
UK – AEGON Asset Management has secured two more institutional investors, through DTZ Investment Management, for its new healthcare real estate fund.
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Carlyle combines buyout, real estate capital to fund B&B Hotel purchase
EUROPE – The Carlyle Group has acquired B&B Hotel Group, operator of 223 hotels across France, Germany and France, with equity from one of its private equity buyout funds and one if its real estate vehicles.
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French commercial real estate returns to positive territory, says IPD
FRANCE – Commercial real estate in France has emerged from a two-year slump to record a six-month 1.6% capital appreciation, according to Investment Property Databank (IPD).
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Quarter of global fund managers' real estate assets in Asia
GLOBAL – Global fund managers own $178.6bn (€131bn) of real estate in Asia Pacific, close to a quarter of their total assets under management, according to ANREV.
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AMF makes largest Swedish transaction in over two years
SWEDEN – Swedish pension provider AMF and German open fund manager DEKA Immobilien Investment have executed the largest single real estate deal in the city of Stockholm for more than two years.
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Korea's National Pension Service goes global with $300m US mandate
GLOBAL – The National Pension Service (NPS) of Korea has hired The Townsend Group to invest $300m (€222m) of its capital opportunistically in the Americas.
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Large retails deals on the rise in Australia
AUSTRALIA – The sale of four retail outlet centres for $473m (€351m) has signalled a rebound in interest among institutional investors for large retail transactions in Australia, according to Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL).
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Former pension fund adviser to run 'liquid' global real estate fund
GLOBAL – Pacific Real Estate Capital Partners (PRECP) is to launch low-cost, liquid global real estate fund aimed at institutional investors "frustrated" with the performance of traditional property funds.
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Quarterly INREV index shows first positive returns since 2007
EUROPE – Performance of European non-listed real estate funds returned to positive territory this year, the first time since 2007, according to inaugural quarterly index results for the sector.
