All articles by Richard Lowe – Page 76
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Thursday people roundup
GLOBAL – AXA Real Estate, Quintain, Charter Real Estate Investment Trust, CB Richard Ellis, ZBI Central Real Estate, WP Carey
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Henderson launches fifth US apartments fund
US – Henderson Global Investors is planning to launch a fifth fund targeting the US multi-family market, which it has identified as the best-positioned sector in the country.
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European debt strategies finding traction with investors, says LaSalle
EUROPE – LaSalle Investment Management has raised institutional capital for a new real estate debt strategy as a number of fund managers position themselves to capitalise on widespread deleveraging of banks.
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Monday people roundup
EUROPE – AXA Real Estate, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Cordea Savills, DTZ, Matrix Group
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West Midlands boosts exposure to UK retail with three deals
UK – The West Midlands Pension Fund has bolstered its retail exposure in the UK by adding a shopping centre, warehouse park and supermarket to its direct portfolio.
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UK recovery slows to a crawl as rents continue to suffer – IPD
UK – Capital appreciation in the UK commercial real estate market has slowed to the shallowest monthly growth since the recovery in prices began last summer, according to Investment Property Databank (IPD).
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Cross-border investment returns to pre-crisis levels
GLOBAL – Commercial real estate transactions have almost doubled around the world from last year, and cross-border investment has returned to pre-crisis levels, according to Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL).
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Thursday people roundup
GLOBAL – Aberdeen Asset Management, IVBN, Cordea Savills, JP Morgan Asset Management, Delancy, Jones Lang LaSalle, Morgan Stanley, Aviva Investors
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Korea's NPS boosts European real estate strategy by $400m
GLOBAL – The National Pension Service (NPS) of Korea has committed a further $400m (€306m) capital to Rockspring Property Investment Managers to invest in European real estate markets.
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German pension fund to invest €400m in Europe through iii-Investments
GERMANY – iii-Investments has been chosen to manage a new €400m closed-end pan-European real estate fund for a German pension fund.
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AREF creates investor committee to be chaired by Nick Cooper
UK – Nick Cooper, principal of The Townsend Group, is to chair a new investor committee set up by the Association of Real Estate Funds (AREF).
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Hermes' Evans joins IPD for global expansion
UK – Alasdair Evans is leaving Hermes Real Estate, where he was chief operating officer, to join Investment Property Databank (IPD) as group finance director.
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UK roundup: Greater Manchester Pension Fund, GVA Grimley, British Property Federation, Oaktree
UK – The UK government has rejected proposals to help attract institutional investment in residential property despite growing interest in the sector.
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ING REIM bets on Americas for high returns
GLOBAL – ING Real Estate Investment Management (ING REIM) has predicted that the highest unleveraged returns from commercial real estate over the next five years will come from markets in the Americas.
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INREV: Investors re-shaping fund management industry
EUROPE – The non-listed real estate fund industry in Europe is collectively paying the price for the use of excessive leverage by a minority of fund managers, according to a report by the European Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles (INREV).
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Invesco fund shows German appetite for UK property remains strong
EUROPE – Invesco Real Estate has raised €75m from four German institutional investors, enabling it to make a first closing for its latest UK real estate fund.
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Allianz plans to double real estate portfolio to €30bn
GERMANY – Allianz Real Estate is aiming to sell €1bn in small and secondary assets in Germany within 18 months as part of its ongoing project to double its portfolio to €30bn.
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MagazineBusting the dam
Investors on both sides of the Atlantic have begun to allocate new equity to real estate. But will capital flows over the next 12 months continue to be a trickle, or will investors finally open the floodgates? Richard Lowe investigates
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From Birmingham to Brazil
The West Midlands Pension Fund has expanded its global portfolio fairly aggressively in recent years and learned some invaluable lessons along the way. Investment manager Mike Hardwick speaks to Richard Lowe about transparency and keeping faith with the commingled fund model
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Under construction
TRUST Managers’ task of rebuilding trust among investor clients is still a work in progress. Those that do not heed the warning will not be able to raise capital. Richard Lowe reports
